so i just got a 3 day ban from reddit admins... for talking about hydrogen peroxide and cancer...

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Amazon is cool with selling books for profit; for whatever reason. They have no legally liability.

Orally consuming hydrogen peroxide on a regular basis is a great way to irreversibly strip the enamel off of your teeth.

It's likely that bile acids will neutralize the hydroxide when it reaches the stomach, however it can/will react with every organic compound that it comes into contact with until it is neutralized.

[–]sponges88 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So pretty much it will have oxidized everything it came in contact with on its way down till it reaches the stomach.

Goes without saying stripping your stomach from its acid is also very bad.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oxygen is an extremely reactive element. The only elements that are more electronegative are fluorine, and chlorine. OTC peroxide will oxidize whatever it reacts with in your body. However, small diluted quantities of peroxide is probably not that dangerous to consume, as it's diluted to approx 2%-3%. Your body should easily recover from the minimal cellular damage, etc.
The enamel on your teeth, will not.

[–]sponges88 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Just one clarification, O is more electronegative than Cl :)

If my memory of high school chemistry doesn't fail me this is the correct order from most to least electronegative nonmetals:
F O Cl N Br I S At P C H ...

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You got me. I should probably drink more of that peroxide super-serum.