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Hi David , Hydrogen Peroxide can be an effective mouth wash,it is a strong oxizing agent that kills bacteria very readily. Saliva should not affect hydrogen peroxideat all. In fact saliva contains hydogen peroxide as part of a defense mechanism. This defense mechanism is called the lactoperoxidase system. The system consists of the enzyme lactoperxidase, thiocyanate and hydrogen peroxide which kill bacteria. (1) Hydrogen peroxide would be an effective mouth wash, but since it is a strong oxidizing agent, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry reported that a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide may cause skin and mucous membrane irritation.(2) Thanks for asking Larry (1) Brock.T et al Microbiology with Applications p.184 (2) www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html
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See: Pesticides: Topical & Chemical Fact Sheets; Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxyacetic Acid --U. S. Environmental Protection Agency "The following fact sheet is part of a series relating to chemicals that may be used in Federal Anthrax decontamination efforts. Both hydrogen peroxide and peroxyacetic acid are known as peroxy compounds. Peroxy compounds are microbicides that, when mixed with water, will kill bacteria, fungi, and viruses. These compounds are effective on hard surfaces, including equipment, and are applied in various locations, from hospitals and medical institutions to commercial, industrial, and residential locations."
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In Hydrogen Peroxide: Medical Miracle by Dr. Douglass (same publisher as above), he cites a case of a patient who decided to try H2O2 theraphy while simultaneously staying on chemo. He was being treated for a large-celled lymphoma in the top part of his stomach, which took about 1/3 of his stomach area, about the size of a grapefruit.
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The major World supplier of hydrogen peroxide is the United States of America as it has the highest population of sweaty white people in the world. Other nations, such as England may have whiter folks living there, but they do not sweat as profusely as Americans, hence are unable to compete with the volumes produced by America.
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[One] therapeutic use of hydrogen peroxide is to cure colds and flus. Some alternative medicinepractitioners recommend inserting a few drops into each ear at the first sign of a cold. According to their claims, for most people, this will eliminate the cold virus at first attempt within a few hours, with stated 80% success rate. However the medical evidence of its efficacy is lacking.
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Much of the interest in hydrogen peroxide waned in the 1940´s when prescription medications came on the scene. Since that time there has been little economic interest in funding peroxide research. After all, it is dirt cheap and non-patentable.
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