Stay Safe From The H1N1 Mexican Swine Flu: Bleach Is The #1 Disinfectant

Many years ago I lived in a lovely house in a rural area of the Pacific Coast of Canada. Looking out of my bay window all I saw were rolling verdant hills dotted with contented cows chewing cud (such poetic alliteration!) and a brilliant sparkling lake. Absolute heaven.

However, after living there for a while, I have learned why those hills are so verdant. That area is very lucky to have the same climate 12 months a year, unfortunately that climate is cool and moist. In one specific and unforgettable summer (although I wish I could forget it) we had about five days where temperatures reached the mid to high 20s C / high 70s F. The rest of the time was in the teens C / low 60s F with a little sun, a little cloud and a lot of drizzle and rain. A lot. Like entire weeks where the sun never shone. Not even once. Nothing but the liquid form of sunshine!

I'm a Southern Italian who lived in the California desert for almost twenty years and I couldn't have undergone a more profound climatic shock if I'd moved to Mars. I kept looking out the window and shaking my head.

Although that may not have been a perfect environment for those accustomed to a more Mediterranean climate, it was the perfect breeding ground for mould and mildew. This stuff grew everywhere, not just in the shower stall. It was all over my bedroom wall, on every windowsill, and all along the baseboards. If left to its own devices, it would soon cover every surface of the house in gray-green velvet.

Unfortunately that house didn't have a garage so that the mould started to grow on one side of my Lincoln Town Car. If you've never seen a car that size with a side that looks like it was covered in green shag carpeting, consider yourself lucky.

Before it invaded that house, however, that mould didn't take into consideration that it shared its new accommodation with the infamous “Bleachinator!” An empty window cleaner spray bottle filled with undiluted household bleach, and it's “Hasta la vista, baby!” You definitely have to try this in your own home.

Yes, wear rubber gloves first and try not to spray the undiluted bleach on yourself, your clothes or anything else that can be damaged by it. (No, I didn't use it on the side of my new Town Car. . . I let the local automotive detailer figure out a way to scrape that gunk off. ) Now give the affected area a couple of sprays and sit back to watch what happens. It looks like a special effect in a movie. It's almost as if Scotty (Lord rest his Canuck soul) beamed the mould up to the Enterprise. You can see it literally disappear before your eyes.

This is a very effective demonstration of the swift effects of good ol' undiluted bleach. If it can do that to a rather hardy form such as mould, you can just imagine what it does to the far more fragile microscopic virus.

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