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Dangers of expired bleach?

I have some unopened Clorox bleach bought over a year ago (at $8.25~\%\ \ce{NaOCl}$) and read on Wikipedia that bleach naturally decomposes according to $$\ce{3 NaOCl (aq) -> NaClO3 (aq) + 2 NaCl(...
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Is ingesting water during swimming harmful?

Sometimes I feel the water in the pool is heavily chlorinated. However it is impossible for me to swim without ingesting some water. I am only a learner but even advanced swimmers do concede that they ...
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