EPA approves two Lysol products as the first to effectively kill novel coronavirus on surfaces
Source: CNN
he US Environmental Protection Agency has approved two Lysol products as effective against the novel coronavirus when used on hard, non-porous surfaces.
Lysol Disinfectant Spray and Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist meet the EPA's criteria for use against the SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the ongoing pandemic, based on laboratory testing that found both products kill the virus two minutes after contact, the agency announced in a statement Monday.
While there are more than 420 products on the list of disinfectants that the EPA says are strong enough to ward off "harder-to-kill" viruses than the novel coronavirus, the two Lysol products are the first to have been tested directly against the virus and proved effective.
Lysol said in a statement it is currently working on testing the efficacy of other disinfectant products against Covid-19.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/health/epa-lysol-disinfectant-covid-19-trnd/index.html
jb5150
(1,185 posts)... asking for a Republican friend.
LisaL
(44,982 posts)That was great...
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Comrade Bonespurs had to get a cut too,,,
Bayard
(22,233 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,349 posts)LisaL
(44,982 posts)ananda
(28,905 posts)!!!
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I cant, at least. Perhaps other DUers are better hunters.
Why havent companies met the market needs at this point? I mean, weve been at this over 150 days and I still cant find rubbing alcohol. Many times I cant find bleach, Clorox wipes and paper towels.
lark
(23,193 posts)We did that several times and voila, finally was able to get 2 cans, 1 for us and 1 for my highly at risk sister. Also be sure to look on the top shelves and the back of the shelves - that's where my husband found the treasured Lysol cans.
Kali
(55,032 posts)at walmart, hardware stores, pool store - some are double strength of bleach but the exact same thing - and cheaper, soduim hypochlorite and water, laundry bleach is 6% pool bleach is 10 to 12.5%
former9thward
(32,151 posts)Supply chains are based on historical rational decisions by the marketplace.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)People are in need of jobs, and this is certainly NOT a historical and rational marketplace at the moment. Theres a toilet paper shortage because of hoarding. Okay. But make more toilet paper and sell the product while there is a market for it. There has been enough time for these companies to change their strategy.
Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Voltaire2
(13,259 posts)What we have learned is that surfaces aren't really the problem. Now if only somebody could invent something that acted as a barrier to airborne virus droplets, something that would be cheap to manufacture or could even be made at home, something that people could easily use whenever they were out in public.
dweller
(23,702 posts)masking for a friend
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LisaL
(44,982 posts)it does live on surfaces for a long time. Thus, you can't say that surfaces aren't really a problem.
Voltaire2
(13,259 posts)The recent reports that covid can disperse in small airborne droplets is something we should actually worry about.
LisaL
(44,982 posts)It might not be the driving force of the spread, but it could very well contribute. Considering it does live on surfaces for days.
sop
(10,297 posts)LisaL
(44,982 posts)sop
(10,297 posts)roamer65
(36,748 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,401 posts)All these products will work just fine. Those with a saccharide anion will be slower, but those with a chloride anion will denature viruses, practically on contact.
The news here is the approval, but the micro folks at these companies ran tests for efficacy in April, including challenge testing. They've all known for many weeks that their product work on this virus.
I've communicated by email with nearly a dozen of them.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)It strips off the lipid outer viral coating really fast, rendering the virus inert.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)niyad
(113,934 posts)niyad
(113,934 posts)Scruffy1
(3,257 posts)It main ingredients are available in many brands and are commonly used as disinfectants.
LisaL
(44,982 posts)CRK7376
(2,204 posts)We've been trying to get Lysol and Lysol Wipes since March. Haven't see any in Costco or Sam's or Walmart or any of ou grocery stores or Wal-Grens......None available in NC is what I'm seeing.