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> Doesn't most bleach contain stabilizers?

Not sure.

SDS for Clorox Regular Bleach: https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/cloroxre...

It lists a single ingredient: sodium hypochlorite.

Guess the SDS only covers components that require special handling? They have a page that mentions stabilizers: https://www.clorox.com/learn/what-is-bleach-what-are-active-...

If something in the mixture is potentially hazardous then it goes to mean it should be listed in the SDS?

Ah, I might have been thinking about pool chlorine and some outdoor cleaners.

You might be thinking of certain types of pool chlorine tablets that include cyanuric acid. Really a terrible way to treat a pool, honestly, it builds up CYA in the water and eventually you can't get enough active chlorine to safely disinfect. And the only realistic way to reduce CYA is drain the pool partly or completely and refill. Properly maintained pool water only needs basic chemicals, and pure sodium hypochlorite (unless you're going to use a chlorine generator, in which case you'll end up buying a few hundred pounds of salt when you fill the pool).

Pool chlorine is just slightly more concentrated bleach.

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