How does bleach disinfect?

Bleach does eventually lose its effectiveness, depending on how long it is stored. When diluted with water, bleach loses it's ability to disinfect after 24...

No! Definately not! Doing that would probably poison you.

Be careful of sanitizing a small wading pool with bleach. Why not empty and refill?

Briefly: Bleach is generally white therefore when used on something 'dirty' all the dirt and germs are an invisible white or transparent colour. When the white bleach is mixed with the black dirt (in...

Boil it. The old fashioned "green" way of sanitizing laundry without bleach is to simply boil it. New front loading washers have a sanitizing cycle where the water is heated and sanitizes your...