
So, a bit of it comes down to us in rain. It picks up another oxygen atom (O), becoming H202 (hydrogen peroxide).

It is formed as water (H2O) passes through the ozone layer (O3) where Going one step farther, H2O2 is part of the earth’s cleaning cycle. It all starts to blend together: H2O2 is good for people, animals, plants, rivers…… and it breaks down into water and oxygen - what could be more non-toxic?
#Hydrogen peroxide uses skin#
Upsetting to household cats and dogs – it smells like urine to them, as well as being unhealthy when they lick it off of their skin and fur. Likewise household cleaning products containing chlorine can be Hydrogen peroxide can be used instead, and is non-toxic. For some this is a minor nuisance, for others it is a real It is good for rivers, it is good for plants, and it can be used to replace chlorine bleach, ammonia, and other chemicals which are harmful to rivers and plants.Ĭhlorine in pools is unpleasant and irritating to many

Right there, H2O2 is very practical to have around.ĭo you find this all funny and intriguing like I do? Are you curious to learn more?īut there’s more to it - hydrogen peroxide also has a wonderful quality of being good for the environment. It is used in products for whitening teeth, treating acne, andĬleaning cuts and skin infections! You know, like the brown bottles at the drug store.Aseptic packaging (those weird little boxes that food comes in) are sprayed with it.Taxidermists use it to clean and whiten bones…. To clean swimming pools and spas, as an alternative to chlorine.In gardening: As a plant fertilizer and plant spray To keep the water clean in fish farming.Stripping wood furniture, and cleaning wooden decks.To disinfect and deodorize compost pails, cutting boards, sponges and scrub brushes As a produce wash, to keep fruits and veggies fresh longer.

( More about the classic SNL Shimmer skit.) Here are some of the many ways to use H2O2: The joke, of course, is that a floor wax and a dessert topping seem impossible in one product. It's a bit like the old Saturday Night Live skit about the (made up) product Shimmer: “New Shimmer is a floor wax”, “No! It’s a dessert topping”. I find it kind of funny really, that there are so many different ways to use hydrogen peroxide. Did You Know There Were So Many Uses for Hydrogen Peroxide?
