In article , NOPSAMmm2005
@bigfoot.com says...

I though that maybe chlorine had been banned because of safety
reasons, but I checked other bleaches and at least one had chlorine in
it. So why is this?

I suspect I'm overly influenced into thinking chlorine is important
because of the common term "chlorine bleach", but why is there more
than one kind now and does either one have any advantages over
another?


You can find the active ingredients of many common bleaches at the
National Institutes of Health,

http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov...sehold/search?
tbl=type&queryx=Bleach&prodcat=all

Looking over the list, Clorox makes quite a few bleaches that aren't
chlorine bleach, but still quite a few standard sodium hypochlorite
bleaches as well.

Non-chlorine bleaches are marketed as being "color safe," they won't
fade many dyes that are susceptible to chlorine bleaches. They can
also be safer for some fabrics that react badly to chlorine bleach.
More recently, non-chlorine bleaches have also been marketed for
environmental concerns.


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