>Just a note of caution:  if you mix bleach with Dawn dish
detergent, there is a chemical reaction which gives off
noxious fumes.<

Products containing ammonia should not be mixed with
bleach; this produces a nerve gas and you could be
charged with possessing a weapon of mass destruction if
you survive the experiment.

Ordinary soap plus bleach is safe, as many people have
noticed while doing laundry.

If you are traveling in Latin America, blanqueador sin chloro
(i.e., whitener without chlorine) is not very effective.  I put a
"Thais" s.l. in some overnight and it was still alive the next
morning.

    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand
Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G.
Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa

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