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To be fair with the disinfectant that's been the case with India for years - I went in 2016 and they were doing it then as well.
by unicornfinder 6y ago
To be fair with the disinfectant that's been the case with India for years - I went in 2016 and they were doing it then as well.
- callmeal 6y agoThey started doing it after SARS-COV-1 back in 2002. The rest of the world actually respects intelligence and science (so far) but unfortunately in India it looks like the Fox-News/AM-Radio playbook is starting to win.
- eric_b 6y agoYep, since 2014 at least. I always assumed it was some kind of insecticide/pesticide? Is it just a disinfectant?
- _-___________-_ 6y agoIt's an insecticide. It's common on routes to/from a number of countries.
- NovemberWhiskey 6y agoIt's a disinsection (i.e. insect-killing) procedure; the pesticides permitted by the WHO are synthetic pyrethroids like permethrin. ref. https://www.cdc.gov/features/pesticides-aircraft/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/features/pesticides-aircraft/index.html
- benibela 6y agoPyrethoids are really used everywhere for everything That is why bed bugs have become resistant to it
- naravara 6y agoInsecticide. It's mainly to kill mosquitos. IIRC they introduced it when Zika and Chikungunya were spreading.