Bleaching articles

An article especially adapted for bleaching fabrics in an automatic clothes dryer, comprising:

• a. a thickened chlorine bleaching composition characterized by a viscosity in the range from 200 cps to 100,000 cps wherein the composition has an available chlorine content of from about 0.5% to about 15% by weight and a pH of from 8 to 11 and wherein the composition is thickened with a thickener selected from the group consisting of colloidal silicas, water-swellable and water-soluble polyacrylamides, cellulose derivatives, clays, and mixtures thereof;
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• b. a water-insoluble dispensing means holding the bleaching composition characterized by being in the form of a pouch having perforations of a diameter from about 0.05 mm to about 3 mm or embossed in such a manner that upon rupture perforations are formed having a diameter of from about 0.05 mm to about 3 mm.