Does Bleach Taste Bad

You are tasting Clorox.

Does bleach taste bad. I can taste bleach without it going anywhere near my mouth. 2greys in reply to O2Trees 4 years ago. So youre not imagining it.

Because bleach would immediately damage your tongue it tastes exactly how it smells. Smell and taste are very often linked together ie. Nobody will buy frozen from a market so they thaw it.

The truth is that bleach is dangerous when concentrated. The smell of bleach in your tap water is likely caused by high levels of chlorine. So they rinse the seafood in a solution of bleach to slow down decomposition and knock down the smell so that you cant tell it is going bad.

Erion Spaho Neurologist. Public water systems as a disinfectant. A fascinating side effect of tasting bleach aside from burning a layer of your mouth cells is that you will also lose your sense of taste completely.

It doesnt burn your tongue really. I brush my teeth regularly and when have taste brush mouth use. Not too bad with polystyrenes but some damage.

These symptoms can be mild moderate or severe depending on the amount of exposure and your respiratory health. Occasionally your water might get over-chlorinated and when that happens youll notice a bleachy taste. It is actually required by the EPA Environmental Protection Agency in order to disinfect water before it is distributed to homes and offices.