Nov. 12—This story was originally published in November 2019. If you were prone to injury as a child, you may know hydrogen peroxide best as the burning, bubbling antiseptic your parents liberally ...

Hydrogen peroxide is a common household product with a variety of uses.(Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Hydrogen peroxide is a common household product useful for a variety of things. The 3% ...

Wash your hands. Scrub your hands for 20 seconds with soap then rinse with water. Use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% ...

Hydrogen peroxide is often used to clean skin wounds and prevent infection from minor cuts and scrapes. As a household cleaner, it's also an effective disinfectant that will kill viruses, bacteria, ...

Hydrogen peroxide might be the first thing you grab when treating a wound in order to help disinfect it. While the sometimes-painful bubbling is definitely sanitizing the area, it’s also destroying ...

I always used to keep hydrogen peroxide on hand for cleaning cuts and scrapes, but I learned pretty recently that this popular use is actually not a good idea. Turns out that the same properties that ...

Both hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol can kill germs. Generally, you can use rubbing alcohol on the skin and some surfaces while you can only use hydrogen peroxide on surfaces. Rubbing alcohol ...