ProTip: It you are burying a body, lay a copper wire along the shallow grave. It will get picked up as a utility line and will be marked as a place not to dig.
After a year, the natural breakdown of the sodium hypochlorite bleach active into salt and water rapidly accelerates, and the active ingredient concentration becomes too low for EPA registered uses like sanitizing or disinfecting.
After a shelf life of six months, bleach starts to degrade. Concentrated bleach loses its effectiveness as a disinfectant after 1 year.
Yes, bleach expires—and you might not have as long as you think to use it. The shelf life of bleach is generally only around 6 months to a year, according to Erika Womack, PhD, the state chemist for Mississippi and the director of the Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory. After that, bleach starts to degrade, becoming 20% less effective each year. And that’s only if the bleach is stored properly. If not, you’re looking at an even shorter shelf life. Surprised? I definitely was.
Once bleach is past its prime, its main component, sodium hypochlorite, naturally breaks down into what is essentially salt water, says Mary Gagliardi, Clorox’s in-house scientist and cleaning expert. This applies to both opened and unopened bottles, and it will happen no matter how the bottle is stored. While expired bleach won’t be quite as innocuous as regular salt water for a while, it also won’t have the full disinfecting or whitening power that it has before its expiration date.
Maxxed out on bleach research, but assuming it's due to exposure to oxygen. Maybe you can keep it longer in low O2 conditions.
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 16 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:14:00 ago (+16/-0)
[ + ] breh2
[ - ] breh2 [op] 8 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:15:41 ago (+8/-0)
[ + ] NoRefunds
[ - ] NoRefunds 6 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:25:49 ago (+6/-0)
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 4 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:39:21 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 4 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:55:45 ago (+4/-0)
No complaints here.
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper 9 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:29:03 ago (+9/-0)
[ + ] Master_Foo
[ - ] Master_Foo 7 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:46:27 ago (+7/-0)
It will get picked up as a utility line and will be marked as a place not to dig.
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 5 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 18:38:45 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 2 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:23:36 ago (+2/-0)
It's like when killers go to Walmart and buy bleach after the fact, it makes it so easy for zogbots to find them. Buy bleach years in advance.
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 4 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:25:06 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:43:52 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 4 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 22:39:57 ago (+4/-0)
O2 exposure?
[ + ] xachariah
[ - ] xachariah 3 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:52:29 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] Kung_Flu
[ - ] Kung_Flu 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 21:19:02 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 6 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 22:38:35 ago (+6/-0)
Maxxed out on bleach research, but assuming it's due to exposure to oxygen. Maybe you can keep it longer in low O2 conditions.
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype 1 point 8 monthsAug 8, 2024 05:25:29 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Her0n
[ - ] Her0n 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:25:18 ago (+1/-0)
Years? Really? Lol
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 19:44:58 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Her0n
[ - ] Her0n 3 points 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 22:02:43 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] NeedleStack
[ - ] NeedleStack 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 23:19:58 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Prairie
[ - ] Prairie 1 point 8 monthsAug 7, 2024 22:56:40 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 8 monthsAug 9, 2024 04:24:33 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] i_scream_trucks
[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 8 monthsAug 8, 2024 11:57:26 ago (+0/-0)
it actually makes me smile.