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

Edit: COVID and your laundry If you're worried about SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus) or COVID, you're looking at the wrong post. Instead, please see a related question of mine and the answer I've ...
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Is bleach residue (after evaporation) safe?

In the UK most bleach contains NaOH and NaClO. The hypochlorite (which is the bit that does the bleaching) breaks down to common salt and free oxygen. The hydroxide doesn't. So it's possible you are ...
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Is bleach residue (after evaporation) safe?

In its manufacturing process, hypochlorite bleach begins as salt and water. After use, the compound breaks down mainly into salt and water during or quickly after use. So it's table salt left behind, ...
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How can I obtain "activated oxygen bleach"? I hear that it can help people to disinfect their laundry.​

Summary OxiClean products don't contain a bleach activator, so they aren't very good at disinfecting laundry. Here are a few popular products which include activated oxygen bleach: In the US, you ...

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