i've been using white vinegar on weeds this year. high water table, and closet to beach and i didn't want to add to the impact that polluting chemicals do. i even convinced a mortgage foreclosure buyer to use it.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > > > > > On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > >> Nearly every brand of hand soap available nmow is 'antibacterial' > thanks to the staggeringly widespread use of triclosan. > >> > >> We may be killing ourselves with it: > >> > >> < > http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/triclosan-a-chemical-used-in-antibacterial-soaps-is-found-to-impair-muscle-function/ > > > >> > >> I've got the paper from PNAS if anyone wants, this was shown in animal > models, not just cell culture... > > > > If you share it, so shall I. > > > > Well, It's dense, the paper's title is "Triclosan impairs > excitation–contraction coupling and Ca2+ dynamics in striated muscle". > > <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/triclosan_impairsmuscle_activity.pdf> > > > Recently started making my own cleaning products, after realizing that > the fresh lemonade/limeade booth at the market throws away a 5 gallon > bucket worth of rinds every week. Fill big glass jars with rinds, pour > white vinegar in up to the brim, cover, shake, let sit 2 weeks, decant. > High acid content, strong citrus scent, can be used diluted for almost > anything. > > Substitute vodka for vinegar you also get a useful product. :-) > > > > If you wipe surfaces down with vinegar, and then lightly mist over that > with hydrogen peroxide, it's a more effective anti-bacterial than chlorine, > without the toxicity. > > Well, any bacteria that isn't killed by the mere presence of air is > largely unaffected by hydrogen peroxide, absent long soaking it the stuff. > H202 is an intracellular byproduct of aerobic metabolism. If aerobic > organisms didn't have hydrogen peroxidase in their cells they'd dissolve > from the inside out. It's why it foams up when you put it on cuts. > > H2O2 IS an effective bleaching agent, good on stains, but less antiseptic > than usually thought. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- Time for you to man up and accept the results, and stop calling them stupid because things didn't go your way. oh please...i'm going to copy this ^ one sentence missive and insert it every time you wet your diaper and blather on about being chafed by your own urine. knowledge and wisdom come from knowing a ""republican conservative"" is an oxymoron. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
