Homemade cleaning products are often made by mixing various simple substances. The most common example is baking soda and vinegar. Sometimes this is also the case with manufactured products. However, not all effective cleaning liquids and powders can be combined. Having come into a reaction, they can start releasing toxic gases that can cause burns to the skin, respiratory tract and eyes. Therefore, it is important to know what cleaning products should not be mixed.

OBOZREVATEL made a list of substances that can not be combined with each other. And tells you what they are dangerous when they react.

Vinegar and chlorine bleach

Vinegar reacts with baking soda to give off a relatively harmless carbon dioxide gas. If combined with chlorine bleach, toxic fumes of chlorine and chloramine are released into the air. These substances can cause sore throat, coughing, and eye irritation as a result of chemical burns.

Vinegar and hydrogen peroxide

These two products are environmentally friendly cleaning agents on their own, but in combination they give off peracetic acid. This is a strong oxidizing agent, which is highly irritating to the skin, eyes and respiratory tract on contact. It is also very corrosive and a fire hazard.

Chlorine bleach and ammonia

Chlorine and ammonia are found in many commercial cleaning products and are effective on their own. But when mixed together, they form volatile chloramine molecules. It causes throat burns.

Toilet cleaner and bleach

The desire to bleach the toilet is understandable when you have hard water that leaves stains. But don't try to do it with a mixture of some toilet cleaner and bleach. Depending on the active substance such a tandem may result in a toxic compound, which will provoke choking and heavy tears. It is better to buy a chlorine-based toilet cleaner right away - there are plenty of them on the market.

Chlorine bleach and alcohol

Movies often show malefactors putting their victims to sleep using chloroform. It is chloroform that appears when chlorine bleach is combined with alcohol. This substance causes nausea and dizziness when slightly exposed, and if inhaled heavily, can lead to serious damage to the nervous system and internal organs. Not to mention burns of everything this substance comes in contact with.

Anti-pipe clogging remedies with anything

The task of the anti-clogging agent is to dissolve everything that has accumulated in the drain. One can only imagine how powerful a substance is capable of doing this. That is why the manufacturers write on the packaging - do not mix it with anything under any circumstances. It is especially dangerous to combine several cleaning substances at once. This can not only severely damage your health, but also, depending on the composition, lead to the formation of explosive compounds.

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