EPA approves two Lysol products as the first to effectively kill novel coronavirus on surfaces

[brooklynite]

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. Does it come in different flavors ....

... asking for a Republican friend.

[LisaL]

14. Lysol sure comes in different smells.

[Maxheader]

27. Hee! Hee!

That was great...

[Cryptoad]

2. Wonder how much that cost Lysol,,,

Comrade Bonespurs had to get a cut too,,,

[Bayard]

3. Just got through spraying all the groceries down with it

[LiberalFighter]

4. This is suppose to better than the other options?

[LisaL]

18. Not clear yet. But lysol spray got tested on covid specifically and passed the test.

[ananda]

5. Do NOT ingest it!

!!!

[hamsterjill]

6. Can't find any anywhere.

I can’t, at least. Perhaps other DU’ers are better hunters.

Why haven’t companies met the market needs at this point? I mean, we’ve been at this over 150 days and I still can’t find rubbing alcohol. Many times I can’t find bleach, Clorox wipes and paper towels.

[lark]

19. Go to the grocery store early on the day the truck comes in.

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]

20. look for pool liquid shock

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]

30. Don't blame companies when people act irrationally.

Supply chains are based on historical rational decisions by the marketplace.

[hamsterjill]

31. But my point is that there is a market for this stuff,

People are in need of jobs, and this is certainly NOT a historical and rational marketplace at the moment. There’s 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]

7. Good luck finding them in stores. NT

[Voltaire2]

8. it is an airborne virus.

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]

11. what could that be ?

masking for a friend

😷🌏

✌🏼

[LisaL]

12. It is an airborne virus, but

it does live on surfaces for a long time. Thus, you can't say that surfaces aren't really a problem.

[Voltaire2]

16. the risk from surfaces does exist but is mostly not a factor in its spread.

The recent reports that covid can disperse in small airborne droplets is something we should actually worry about.

[LisaL]

17. Would you bet your life on it?

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]

9. Trump will now tweet that he's been vindicated, and the fake news media should apologize.

[LisaL]

10. You are still not supposed to drink it.

[sop]

15. I know that, you know that, but does Trump?

[roamer65]

22. Don't tell him.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. He'll Ignore The "On Surfaces" Part

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]

21. Formula 409.

It strips off the lipid outer viral coating really fast, rendering the virus inert.

[Canoe52]

23. Now what am I supposed to do with my butt light?

[niyad]

24. Hmmmm, maybe check with a cannabis grower?

[niyad]

25. This is covidiot in chief's EPA, yes?? And we should believe them ... .why?????!

[Scruffy1]

26. Complete BS.

It main ingredients are available in many brands and are commonly used as disinfectants.

[LisaL]

29. Lysol is just the first one to prove that it works against covid specifically.

[CRK7376]

28. Lucky us.....

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.