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How to do laundry to kill and prevent athlete's foot fungus?

As you may know, one of the reasons athletes's foot and jock itch fungus are so hard to kill with OTC medicines like Lotrimin and Lamisil is because after you treat it, it is extremely difficult not ...
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How can I obtain "activated oxygen bleach"? I hear that it can help people to disinfect their laundry.​

Background Another thread discusses how to disinfect laundry. This may be useful if someone in the home has a fungal infection (e.g. athlete's foot) or if it's full of feces or vomit or blood. An ...
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Is bleach residue (after evaporation) safe?

I have been preparing bleach disinfectant lately in a spray bottle and have been spraying on my couch, door mat, door knots, etc... I don't rinse it... So I assume there is bleach residue left after ...
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Periodontal grade bleach for dental rinse?

Consensus has emerged in recent years about the benefits of a dental rinse made of diluted bleach (Annex of links below). Everything that I found online says that bleach is caustic to plastics. ...
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Do toilet bleach tablets prevent the spread of enteric diseases?

I am not a huge fan of adding bleach tablets to toilets, but my wife and I have experienced an unfortunate increase in stomach-related problems since we had children. Despite our attempts to regularly ...
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