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Where did you get that information? "List H: Registered Antimicrobial Products with Label Claims Against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
by Eisenstein 4y ago
Where did you get that information?
"List H: Registered Antimicrobial Products with Label Claims Against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and/or Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis/faecium (VRE)"
"5813-50 Sodium Hypochlorite Ultra Clorox Brand Regular Bleach Clorox co."
* https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-h-registered-antimicrobial-products-label-claims-against-methicillin https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-h-registered...
- giantg2 4y agoI'm having trouble seeing the concentration for that product. I assume that's full strength 5-7%. If you look at others on that list, you'll see one at 2% sodium hypochlorite rhat requires a contact time of 5 minutes. Most disinfecting products have less than 5% bleach or are not applied for 5 minutes before removal.
- atkailash 4y ago[dead]
- cratermoon 4y agoLonger kill time is still killing. MRSA is not any more resistant to bleach than other pathogens.
- giantg2 4y agoHow many people do you know actually leave a product on a surface for 5+ minutes? If you didn't use it properly, then you didn't actually kill it.
- Eisenstein 4y agoP1: Water doesn't make hot tea when combined with tea leaves. P2: Yes it does, see <points to directions on how to make tea> P1: Most people don't bother waiting until the water boils, they just pour it on from the faucet.
- giantg2 4y agoWhat a terrible analogy. If you want to make it analogous to what I'm saying, then your third line would have to be true, and that doesn't make sense for the example you chose.
- Eisenstein 4y agoMy point was that just because people do it improperly doesn't mean it doesn't work -- and it was a great analogy.
- giantg2 4y agoAnd my point was that the major issue with the MRSA outbreaks 15 years ago or so were because people weren't using them correctly. They even started looking into new types of sanitizers because they knew the people using them were using them incorrectly. So sure, it theory it can, but in practice it generally didn't. Hence the part of my initial comment about at least not at typical concentrations etc.
- Eisenstein 4y agoYour claim was that bleach doesn't kill MRSA at normal cleaning concentrations. It clearly does because bleach is rated to kill MRSA by the EPA. You are trying to weasel out of it by claiming that people aren't using it correctly, but that doesn't make it not kill MRSA. People who refuse to concede gracefully are insufferable.