4.27.2020

The EPA approves thymol cleaners to kill the coronavirus. What is thymol?

You need reliable and highly resistant cleaning products more than ever. If your disinfectant spray won't completely clean your surfaces, don't worry, or at least replace it with something that really has a dent. Fortunately, the Environmental Protection Agency has approved 392 products worldwide so you can buy the best defense against the new corona virus. And if you are looking for products that are difficult to clean but environmentally friendly, we can find your solution. The EPA's long list includes some natural products that contain the ingredient thymol.

Thymol is a component of thyme oil, a natural blend of thyme plant compounds, according to the EPA . It is commonly used in pesticides such as animal welfare, fungicide, medical disinfectant, tuberculocide and virucide. It can also be used in perfumes, food flavors, mouthwashes, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. However, this herbal ingredient also has many antimicrobial properties that allow people to clean their homes without the bad smell of chemicals or bleach.

Four cleaning products containing thymol are on the EPA list. Two of these products come from the CleanWell environmental brand . While the entire CleanWell line uses Thymol, only Benefect Botanical Daily Cleaning Sanitizer Spray and Benefect Botanical Daily Cleaning Sanitizer towel cut EPA. According to the brand's website, "every CleanWell thymol cleaner contains a thymol concentration of 0.05% and is said to kill 99.9% of all germs, bacteria and viruses." In addition, these products do not contain alcohol, are non-toxic and are safe on the surface of food.

The Thymol ready to use Wexford Labs Inc (can purchase a generic version here ) and Thymox Disinfectant Spray Laboratoire M2 , which does not appear to be on sale at this time, are also on the EPA's list. As the EPA continues to expand its list, we may see other thymol cleaners on the list. However, we recommend that you first stick to products that have already received the green light. Here you can access the full list of approved by EPA cleaning products that proved to be effective in killing SARS-CoV-2 have .

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1 commentaire:

  1. I really found very useful this article, I have been using this EPA Botanical Antimicrobial Cleaner and worked fine for me , is called PreVasive BAC Botanical Antimicrobial Cleaner . I do recommend you this and would appreciate any mention or review about this you can make, whether it's on your blog or elsewhere. Thank you!

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