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Daughter’s massive cleanup failure leaves her terrified family locked in a room on the phone to a poison hotline: “Make sure you never do this”
- A daughter unknowingly produced a potentially lethal gas while cleaning
- Samantha was cleaning the kitchen and used bleach and vinegar.
- The two chemicals should never be combined as they create chlorine gas.
- The family confined themselves to a room until help arrived.
A young woman unknowingly created a potentially deadly gas by mixing two chemicals while cleaning.
Samantha, from the US, helped her family at Christmas by cleaning the kitchen, but decided to use bleach and vinegar, two chemicals that should never be mixed.
Consequently, the family confined themselves to a bedroom in the house until help arrived and cleaned the poisonous toxins from the air.
According to Healthline, bleach and vinegar can create chlorine gas, which can be harmful.
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Samantha, from the US, (pictured) helped her family for Christmas by cleaning the kitchen, but decided to use bleach and vinegar, two chemicals that should never be mixed. To get away from the gas, the family confined themselves to a bedroom until help arrived.
“My grandparents were excited to spend time with us,” Samantha (pictured) wrote along with the hashtags “holiday spirit” and “stupidity.”
In a video viewed more than 18 million times, Samantha detailed the eye-opening experience.
“My grandparents were excited to spend time with us,” she captioned the clip along with the hashtags “holiday spirit” and “stupidity.”
“I accidentally cleaned the kitchen with bleach and vinegar and now we’re all stuck in the same room talking on the phone with poison control.”
In the clip, Samantha with her family and dog can be seen huddled inside a small room with the door closed.
He also revealed that the family was unable to go out due to a snow storm.
Thousands were concerned for the well-being of the family and commented on the video.
‘This is why chemistry class should be mandatory,’ wrote one person, another said: ‘Nooooo!!!!! just clean [using] one cleaning product at a time.’
But some were unaware of the dangers of mixing chemicals.
‘Wait what… I didn’t know you couldn’t do this,’ said one.
‘Is this common knowledge or something? Because I had no idea,” another admitted.
A third said, “Thank God I hate the smell of vinegar because I probably would have done this.”
Only one cleaning product should be used at a time when cleaning the home, and many choose to use vinegar as a non-toxic solution.
It is also a common natural antibacterial used to kill unwanted germs on household surfaces and is a suitable alternative to using harsh chemicals.
Vinegar can be used to clean various areas of the house, including toilets, floors, countertops, laundry rooms, and showers or bathtubs.