Why it is dangerous to mix bleach and toilet cleaners to clean your bathroom

barasa velma

January 15, 2018 2:12 PM

Bleach and toilet cleaners may be great individually but lethal when combined based on these Kenyans' confessions.

Cleaning days usually dont top the list of things to do during someones day off but it has to be done either way.

To make sure you clean the house well, you may try to do things differently like maybe mix your favorite cleaning products so that your house is spotless and you kill all the germs.

Only issue with this is that some of the concoctions can be very harmful to your health. Take for instance, the mixture between bleach and toilet cleaner.

According to some Kenyans online, they fell victim to the dangerous concoction detailing their horrifying experiences on a Facebook Group known as Glam My Home.

Once they used the mixture to clean their bathrooms, they started experiencing symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing and dizziness.

Here are some of the reactions:

How mixing bleach and toilet cleaners affect the body

Mixing bleach and toilet cleaner causes the production of chlorine gas which when inhaled can cause harmful effects to your body including coughing, having watery eyes, in some cases dizziness and even death in more serious situations.

Experts advise to ensure you check the instructions on both the bleach and toilet cleaner bottles to avoid causing further harm to your health.