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WARNING - Household Bleach is corrosive and will harm you if drink it.

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However, It is possible to treat water with some bleaches to make the water safe to drink.

Please only use proprietary products to do this (sold in camping shops for this purpose) to treat water for drinking and follow the instructions exactly.

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However if you use household bleach to do this and drink the water you could do yourself serious harm.

IF you think you have ingested bleach you need to get medical help immediately....... call 911 (999 in the UK) for an ambulance and get yourself to your local hospital casualty department IMMEDIATELY - take the bleach bottle with you so that the medics can see the product you have ingested.

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