# Marvin Zindler's Bleach In The Ice Machine

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvin-zindlers-bleach-in-the-ice-machine/5305
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 24, 1999, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvin-zindlers-bleach-in-the-ice-machine/5305 "1999-11-24T06:34:00Z")
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### Author: ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)
#### Post date: [December 13, 1999, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvin-zindlers-bleach-in-the-ice-machine/5305/21 "1999-12-13T17:50:00Z")

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They won’t call the cops. The Smoothie King management didn’t even TELL the managers of the gym that their store is located in, even though most people think that one of the gym employees is responsible.

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Cessandra

Killed a man with no hands. . .

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### Author: ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [December 14, 1999, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvin-zindlers-bleach-in-the-ice-machine/5305/22 "1999-12-14T06:17:00Z")

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Clorox is 5% bleach, the rest water. It’s safe to drink, well I mean, a little bitty bit. Cleans the water & your insides. You drink some everytime you drink water. The fumes suck though.

Commerical bleach may be stronger but you’d have to look at the bottle.

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### Author: ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)
#### Post date: [December 13, 1999, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvin-zindlers-bleach-in-the-ice-machine/5305/23 "1999-12-13T20:54:00Z")

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> Clorox is 5% bleach, the rest water. It’s safe to drink, well I mean, a little  
> bitty bit. Cleans the water & your insides.

I have a lack of concern about exposure to noxious and/or explosive chemicals that many people I know regard as bordering on recklessness, and some of you people scare ME. **Do not** drink chlorine bleach. 5% sodium hypochlorite is still fairly strong, and drinking even a very small amount could do some damage.

Maybe handy means “a little bitty bit in a lot of water”, which I agree is probably okay (it’s one way of treating water so that it can be stored for later emergency use) but it’s probably best to clarify this.

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