Whitened with oxygen?

[boabab95]

hey, i was going to try parrotqueen's coffee filter toy that she just recently posted, so i went to the cupboards, took it out and read the label, it's says it's "oxygen cleansed", so i googled it, apparently, instead of bleach, they use oxygen to clean it eek:WTF).

Is this "oxygen cleansed" coffee filter safe

 

[Bobby34231]

I'd say that oxygen cleansed would be totally safe vs using bleach which will always leave a residue that could be very harmful to your fids........

 

[Mel]

I agree with Bob I

 

[boabab95]

ok, thanks!

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Chemically there's very little difference between oxygen bleach and chlorine bleach, except that the chlorine is replaced with carbon (percarbonate instead of perchlorate). The whitening reactions are essentially the same.

I don't see anything wrong with any bleached filters, but if you see any reason to avoid chlorine bleached filters I don't see how 'oxygen' bleached filters would be any different.

They're not talking about O2 or atmospheric oxygen. It's just a nice sounding thing they use to market to people who THINK it's safer.

 

[Mel]

Chemically there's very little difference between oxygen bleach and chlorine bleach, except that the chlorine is replaced with carbon (percarbonate instead of perchlorate). The whitening reactions are essentially the same.

I don't see anything wrong with any bleached filters, but if you see any reason to avoid chlorine bleached filters I don't see how 'oxygen' bleached filters would be any different.

They're not talking about O2 or atmospheric oxygen. It's just a nice sounding thing they use to market to people who THINK it's safer.

there's a lesson learnt - I didn't know there was such a thing as oxygen bleach. i thought they were talking about O2 - thanks AD

 

[HRH Di]

Oh, the honesty and integrity of marketing!

 

[Spiritbird]

Unbleached coffee filters are readily available in most grocery stores. I use 2 of them to wrap up whatever treat or toy I am using at the time. Rosie will tear into them with high energy to see what treat is inside. It is fun to make these toys and I sometimes incoorporate them into a hanging toy.

 

[Bobby34231]

Hmmm I always thought the main ingredient in most of those oxygenated cleaners was hydrogen peroxide, guess not, oh well sorry about that...