Learning Task No. 10: Write the advantage (s) and disadvantage (s) of the fol-
lowing chemical sanitizers. Complete the table below in your notebook.
Sanitizer/Disinfectant
Advantage(s)
Disadvantage(s)
1. Chlorine
2. Iodine
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3. Alcohol
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4. Hydrogen peroxide
5. Formaldehyde
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Answers & Comments
Chlorine is used to disinfect water and to clean swimming pools. It is used regularly in pools and helps clean all the germs out in them. Next time you have a glass of water thank chlorine you haven't got an ill, chlorine disinfects the water. Chlorine is also used to make paper it bleaches the paper white so you can write on it. Chlorine is also use in bleach that's why bleach is very poisonous.
Disadvantages
Chlorine can be a very dangerous poison it can cause throat swelling and water filling in the lungs. Chlorine is also used in gas bombs and was used frequently throughout WWI. Its a very toxic gas and is very bad for the human body is inhaled.