When Clorox liquid bleach was first invented, no one really knew much about what this product could do. It made its debut in 1913 and was initially just an institutional product. Produced initially by the Electro-Alkaline Company, it was the efforts of 5 businessmen who each invested $100 that got the first products off the ground. Just a year later, concentrated bleach is being produced under the Clorox name, but the wife of the company’s first general manager, William Murray, wanted a lower level strength for home use.
The company began producing the lower strength bleach. Fortunately for the company, the Murrays also owned a grocery store in Oakland, CA, and they began handing out samples of the product to be used. It became a hit and by 1917, the Clorox booth at the California State Fair is flooded with interested people to watch their demonstrations.
The actual inventor of bleach, however, is credited to Louis Pasteur. It is his experiments with sodium hydrochlorite that led to the formulation of Clorox.
What Else Did Louis Pasteur Invent?
We encounter the inventions of Louis Pasteur every day when we drink milk or sometimes juice. The term of purifying substances from bacteria so they are safe to drink is even named after him, called pasteurization. His research proved that it was the growth of micro-organisms that contributed to the spoilage of milk and other drinks because they would grow over time thanks to the fact they were already there. By heating the liquid to kill the mold and bacteria, shelf life could be improved. The first successful pasteurization experiment came in 1862.
There’s another part of science that is named after Louis Pasteur and that is called the Pasteur Effect. He discovered that some micro-organisms can actually develop and live without any air or oxygen. This led him to work on animal research where he could prevent other diseases through vaccination work.
Pasteur Proved the Rabies Vaccine to Be Effective
To say that Louis Pasteur was a fearless man is an understatement. In order to research some of the animal diseases, he would collect direct samples from animals. In one instance, as the story goes, Pasteur held a glass tube to collect saliva samples from a rabid dog while two assistants held the animal with leather gloves. Part of this work paid off, however, in 1885 when a young boy was bitten by a rabid dog. Pasteur administered the vaccine that had been developed initially by Emile Roux without a medical license and the vaccine had only been tested on 11 dogs.
The boy survived, Pasteur was called a hero, and the research led to Pasteur recommending that doctors always sanitize their hands and equipment to prevent germs from spreading.
The world is a much safer place because of Louis Pasteur, mostly because he opened up our eyes to the unseen world of germs. His processes are still in use and his research has benefited many over the years, especially in the form of Clorox bleach.
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