Rebecca Allbritton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>Bleach =/= Ammonia. Bleach is chlorine Cl-, & ammonia is NH3. Ammonia is an
>acid, & bleach is a base. That's why you're not supposed to mix them: they
>react & produce poisonous chlorine gas.
Sorry, I meant Chlorine, not Ammonia. Serves me right for going through
over 200 mails as soon as I got back from Belgium!
It is chlorine that should be avoided with rodents.
Of course the scents in ammonia won't be much good for them either!
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Julian
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