2 good articles

[Neal Oldham]

1.  "Magic" water:

http://tinyurl.com/ahvcly (redirects to L.A. Times)

Nice article about electrolyzed water, which is both much more environmentally friendly and much more potent than chemical cleaners like bleach.

The downsides are that the potency is relatively short-lived, since the compounds involved are unstable, and it requires some sophisticated on-site equipment to produce and for process monitoring.

2.  TP:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/science/earth/26charmin.html

Three-ply is nice ... but hard on trees.

[Steven Tyree]

Cool stuff!  Sodium hydroxide, aka caustic soda, aka lye, has been around forever; this is a way to make a prediluted version without the costs of transporting cleaners.  Hypochlorous acid is one of the active by products of bleach.

 

cheers

 

Steve

Hard asses of the world unite!

 

Steve