Book 9, Question 139
Why Store Cleaning Sprays Away From Food?
We store cleaning sprays away from food because chemicals are not ingredients! Keeping them apart prevents mix-ups that could poison a meal. It also keeps spray from landing on food, plates, or cutting boards.
More fun facts
- Cleaning products are not meant to be eaten, so they are not checked the way food and medicine are.
- Bleach destroys norovirus, a stomach bug, but it cannot be sprayed on skin or food.
- Norovirus can live on surfaces for weeks.
- Some people make their own cleaners with ingredients like baking soda and lemon.
- Some cleaning sprays, like ones made with hypochlorous acid, are said to work for only about two years after they are made.
Sources: Scientific American, Scientific American
Questions kids ask
Where should cleaning sprays go?
Keep them away from food, in their own labeled bottles, so no one mixes them up.