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Ag_man 11-14-2008 05:45 PM
How bleach kills germs
 
Bleach has always been a recommended item for home stockpiles, as a cheap, effective disinfectant. The exact mechanism of how hypochlorate kills bacteria has varied, last thing I knew, involved the production of O- free radicals. New research here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081113/sc_nm/us_bleach
Quote:
...It seems that hypochlorous acid, the active ingredient in bleach, attacks proteins in bacteria, causing them to clump up much like an egg that has been boiled, a team at the University of Michigan reported in the journal Cell on Thursday.

Raccoon 11-14-2008 06:27 PM
Re: How bleach kills germs
 
Interesting. Especially that the human body produces the stuff and the possible relevance in necrosis during chronic inflammation.


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