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Do you find it annoying to have to clean and rub the toilet all the time? We have good news for you: it is simple and requires natural ingredients that are readily available to clean the toilet bowls without using commercial chemicals.
The dangers of cleaning agents for toilet bowls
Most toilet and toilet cleaners contain a large number of chemicals. According to Philip Dickey of the Washington Toxics Coalition, acidic toilet cleaners are among the three most dangerous cleaning products in the home.
Toilet cleaners can be effective, but they are full of chemicals that are harmful to health. Javel water is common in these products and is irritating to the lungs and eyes. When mixed with ammonia, it creates a highly toxic chloramine gas. Chloramine gas causes reactions ranging from cough and irritation to severe lung damage and pneumonia.
Ammonia is common in other products that you are likely to use in the bathroom. It is found in bathroom cleaners and all-purpose cleaners.
Another very dangerous toilet bowl purifier can release chlorine gas. This happens when bleach mixes with an acid cleanser for a toilet. Gaseous chlorine is very dangerous. The consequences range from cough, watery eyes and noses to severe breathing problems, water in the lungs, pneumonia and even death by suffocation.
Several chemicals in cleaning products are corrosive. An example of this is a powerful chemical called sodium dichloroisocyanurate dihydrate. It can cause serious irritation of the eyes, skin and airways, and even form a dangerous gas. Sodium hydroxide has similar effects.
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