In a message dated 4/8/2005 12:52:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lkvp AT floydva.net writes:
> You're done producing offspring, but please don't do this regularly.
> Years ago when we learned how Chlorox breaks down into dioxin in rivers
> and streams and is very unsalubrious (?) for the animals living in those
> habitats, we quit using it when doing laundry. Now it's kept on hand
> only for emergencies.
>
Chlorine only breaks down into dioxins in the presence of high heat (and
maybe pressure?) -- thus is it a biproduct of *commercial* bleaching,
especially
of paper around here, but is not the biproduct of home use of Chlorox.