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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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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Even if they perfectly balanced out the pH and left a neutral solution, the chemicals they are made of still exist, and them being poisonous is more complicated than just their pH.

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