Brooklyn1 wrote on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:22:07 -0400:

>> On Sep 25, 2:34 am, Goomba > wrote:
>>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>>>
>> >> I only use dishcloths and use a clean one every time I do
>> >> dishes. Dishcloths and dishtowels are washed in the washer
>> >> with nothing else.
>>>
>>> Why with nothing else? Do you think they're going to harm
>>> other items? I'd just toss 'em in with my whites (which get
>>> bleached) and then into the dryer with everything else.
>>
>> My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.

> And laundry bleach is
>unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
>well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
>fabrics.

>Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
>bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
>in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.

If you can believe either of those, you can believe anything. I've used
bleach to sterilize cutting boards all my longish life.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sep 26, 2:35*pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *Brooklyn1 *wrote *on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:22:07 -0400:
>
>
> >>> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
>
> >> My dishcloths and dishtowels are colored, predominately red.
> > And laundry bleach is
> >unnecessary, modern laundry detergents sanitize and brighten just as
> >well, actually better... all chlorine bleach does is deteriorate
> >fabrics.
> >Chlorine bleach should never be in anyone's home, chlorine
> >bleach fumes cause irreversable respiratory disease... folks who swim
> >in a pool containing chlorine may as well smoke.
>
> If you can believe either of those, you can believe anything. I've used
> bleach to sterilize cutting boards all my longish life.
>
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
>

Yes, I do use chlorine bleach for my cutting boards, too. I have
forgetten that and was just thinking of laundry and toilets. If I've
dripped raw chicken juices on the counter that gets a bleach wipe
down, too. But I'm pretty careful about stuff like that but it still
happens sometimes.