Note that higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, such as 10% or 12%, will affect clothes more similarly to chlorine bleach. I recommend sticking to the more versatile (and less risky) 3% ...

While some chlorine irritation can be traced to the bleach itself, most irritation probably stems from “how the bleach reacts to all this stuff that we carry into the pool on our skin,” which ...

In addition to killing bacteria in swimming pools, chlorine is used as a bleach in the manufacture of paper and cloth, according to the CDC. This bleaching effect can wreak havoc on your tresses.

Non-chlorine bleach, often called oxygen bleach, works similarly to chlorine bleach as it pertains to cleaning hard surfaces and laundry, but is made of sodium percarbonate or hydrogen peroxide.

Chlorine bleach does remove the dark stains that mold can leave, so it can be useful on surfaces such as tile. It also kills mold spores, but that’s not as useful as it might seem.

Life-threatening levels of chlorine gas were detected during a leak at a Denton pool company last month, prompting the Denton Fire Department to request 29 homes evacuate.