Why do we use hydrogen peroxide? (and should we?)

<p><strong>#130</strong></p><p>For many people, hydrogen peroxide has been an essential first aid tool. Should it be? And before we answer that question, what even is hydrogen peroxide? How does it work? Why does it bubble? How does it clean wounds?</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><br><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768111/#B8">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768111/#B8</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b03296">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b03296</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08119">https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08119</a></li> <li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00139709-200423010-00006">https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00139709-200423010-00006</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/10755530360623383">https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/10755530360623383</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12218961_Hydrogen_peroxide_in_the_human_body">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12218961_Hydrogen_peroxide_in_the_human_body</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/organic/organic_peroxide.html">https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/organic/organic_peroxide.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/57">https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/57</a></li> <li> <a href="https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/119/4/1251/6096311?login=true">https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/119/4/1251/6096311?login=true</a><p></p> </li> </ol><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kulathooran_Ramalakshmi/publication/12783410_Caffeine_in_Coffee_Its_Remova