why does eating soap/detergent make you sick? Since stomach fluid is acidic and soap is basic, wouldn’t they just cancel out?
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The atoms don’t stop existing just because the molecules are acidic and basic, and most soaps aren’t entirely bases; the results of mixing an acid and a base is water + some sort of salt + any leftover material which didn’t match up. You could potentially leave a whole lot of chlorine just hanging out if you mix the wrong acid and bases. Not usually the kind you find in soaps, but who knows what those might leave behind.
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