If I swam around in a pool of hydrogen peroxide, would it eventually kill me?

Question

Truckie101: I was thinking the 3% store-bought kind.

Out of 33 answers, I have:

12-Yes answers
12-No answers
1-Don't know
5-Make no sense
3-Celebrity references

So which is it? Does anybody REALLY know?

Answer 1

answer #34

i vote yes

i love science by voting..

Answer 2

Are you thinking up ridiculous ways to take yourself out? That's cool I guess.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it'd kill you. And hurt a lot too. Like any other liquid that you're in contact with for too long, it'll eventually turn you very pruney. And when it does it'll be entering through your skin and into your body. The reason water doesn't kill us is because we're like 80% water. You're not 80% hydrogen peroxide.

Answer 3

What strength? 3%? 30%? 70%?

High strength hydrogen peroxide- anything more than a few percent- would be very painful after a very brief period of time, and eventually kill you from skin burns.

Something like 1-3% might take some time, but eventually could cause skin damage.

Answer 4

You won't die you will however be very disinfected,and your hair would turn some kind of blond color depending on what your color is now,and then like bleach the peroxides potency will wear off and eventually you'll just be swimming in regular water.

Answer 5

If the H2O2 pool is in normal atomoshere, the Oxygen will be released from your pool and you will be left swimming in normal water. So you are not likely to die. It would be terribly expensive for a swimming pool though. What a mad idea! If you did swim long enough, even in water, you will die.

Answer 6

Yes. The stuff you get from the store is diluted. Higher concentrations would disolve you in a short time.
Even diluted it would do damage and kill you eventually.

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW
Appearance: APHA: 10 max.
Danger! Strong oxidizer. Contact with other material may cause a fire. Harmful if inhaled. Corrosive. Causes eye and skin burns. May cause severe respiratory tract irritation with possible burns. May cause severe digestive tract irritation with possible burns.
Target Organs: None known.

Potential Health Effects

Eye:
Causes eye burns. Produces irritation, characterized by a burning sensation, redness, tearing, inflammation, and possible corneal injury.
Skin:
Causes skin burns.
Ingestion:
May cause severe and permanent damage to the digestive tract. Causes gastrointestinal tract burns. May cause perforation of the digestive
tract. May cause severe digestive tract irritation with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Inhalation:
Harmful if inhaled. May cause irritation of the respiratory tract with burning pain in the nose and throat, coughing, wheezing,
shortness of breath and pulmonary edema. Causes chemical burns to the respiratory tract. May cause ulceration of nasal tissue, insomnia, nervous tremors with numb extremities, chemical pneumonia, unconsciousness, and death.
Chronic:
Prolonged or repeated skin contact may cause dermatitis.

Answer 7

Yes. Swimming around in a pool of water long enough will kill you. Sheesh!

Answer 8

WHY would you do this? AND, how would you get that much hydrogen peroxide in a pool? AND, how would you pay for it?

I guess you get what's coming to you. Foolish is as foolish does.

Answer 9

Hydrogen peroxide can be used as mouthwash.

Answer 10

it would eventually start eating through you... keep your eyes closed because those will go first. sorry if you have any cuts on ur body, you wont be doing much swimming... just a lot of squirming and yelling in pain.

Answer 11

Yes.