Non-chlorinated bleach, or color fast bleach, is safer to use on a lot more types of fabrics. Unlike chlorinated bleach, it won’t damage colors or patterns on most types of fabrics.

You can add two towels to the washing-machine drum for further muffling. To help fight odors and enhance cleaning, add a tablespoon of oxygenated bleach (we used Dirty Labs) directly to the machine.

For some of us, when it comes to whitening and disinfecting laundry and certain areas of our home, common household bleach is a wonder product. To others, bleach is a chemical hazard.