Noël 2018 a été horrible.
Toute notre famille a attrapé la gastro-entérite, et ce n'était pas joli à voir.
Cet hiver, Mandy et moi étions déterminées à ne pas revivre ce cauchemar, alors elle a ouvert une bouteille d'eau de Javel. C'était un geste important. nous jamais Nous utilisons de l'eau de Javel pour nettoyer notre maison, mais c'est le moyen le plus efficace de tuer les germes.
Du moins, c'est ce que nous pensions.
Maintenant que nous sommes en pleine pandémie de coronavirus, Mandy est partie avec les enfants et j'étais prêt à nettoyer notre maison de fond en comble… à l'eau de Javel.
Du moins, jusqu'à cette citation tirée d'un article de National Geographic. est apparu dans mon fil d'actualité :
Utiliser de l'eau de Javel, « c'est comme utiliser un gourdin pour écraser une mouche »...
« …explique Jane Greatorex, virologue à l’université de Cambridge. En cas d’inhalation excessive et prolongée, cela peut également corroder les métaux et entraîner d’autres problèmes respiratoires. »
« Avec la javel, si vous en mettez sur une surface très sale, cette [saleté] va absorber la javel », explique Lisa Casanova, scientifique en santé environnementale à l'Université d'État de Géorgie. Elle et d'autres experts recommandent plutôt d'utiliser des savons plus doux, comme le liquide vaisselle, pour désinfecter facilement une surface à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur.
Le liquide vaisselle est-il aussi efficace que l'eau de Javel ?
Qui l'eût cru ? Certainement pas moi, et le plus embarrassant, c'est que nous le faisons réellement. Liquide vaisselle .Peut-être est-il temps de remettre en question nos idées reçues sur ce qui rend les choses propres ?
« Le savon est si efficace car sa composition chimique provoque la rupture de l’enveloppe extérieure du coronavirus et sa dégradation. Les molécules de savon emprisonnent ensuite de minuscules fragments du virus, qui sont éliminés par l’eau. » (Sarah Gibbons, National Geographic , 18 mars 2020)
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Love your wax food wraps, so am eager to try this dish soap. Have cancelled all plastic bottles for 2021!
I use mostly dish soap and vinagar for cleaning since I had my kids. I have a steam mop and I just occasionally use lysol and windex.
I agree with the use of soap and water in our homes instead of harsh cleaners with harmful fumes that have been cruelly tested on animals. It’s all about marketing and those companies making money! They exploit not only innocent animals with their useless testing, but also our fears which are illogical. Soap and water kills the virus. It’s all we need.
For floors and surfaces in my home I rotate between vinegar and ammonia, since nothing can live in them, and they are good solvents for most dirt. I don’t want to kill healthy bacteria, or release bleach into the waterways, altho sometimes I do use it but no longer routinely in my laundry for instance. Using the oxoclean (peroxide) products seem to work well in the washer. That said, I’m not fighting pathogens like one would in a medical/vet office.
Years ago I worked at a small animal clinic with a very high volume of clients. The clinic used many different medical grade disinfectants and cleaners that were recommended by the different pharmaceutical representatives and the were 90-96% effective on some viruses. They did not kill all viruses and especially the parvovirus . Bleach was the only cleaner that was 99% effective on all viruses and especially parvovirus. To battle this very highly contagious virus we would use a mixture of soap, bleach and water to wipe down the stainless steel exam tables after each clients visit. The tiled floors and walls were also washed with this 99 % effective solution. The head veterinarian in the practice stated that this was the only disinfectant that was so effective in reducing transmission to clients coming in with very young pets.
I have always used a bleach /soap solution for cleaning my bathrooms and kitchen due to this experience and the knowledge .
Soap REMOVES dirt bacteria, germs, … providing a SURFACE is scrubbed w/ soap, AND wiped away and Dried. i still use bleach as NOTHING SURVIVES BLEACH … not the AIDS virus, not the cold virus, and i’ll bet not this iteration of the Corona virus … PERIOD. i also use ETHYL alcohol to wipe off surfaces, not – Isopropyl.
Hydrogen Peroxide. Non-toxic and effective. By concentrate, dilute in a glass spray bottle.
I have used bleach & bleach products for over 50 years, in my home. I love the scent, but more importantly I love the job it does. I always dilute it when using it. It works !
Soap is NOT a disinfectant. Soap clears away germs but does not get rid of them. The quotes in your article are accurate but the information you are pushing is flat out wrong.
I hate to dis your product, guys, but I’m pretty sure your product, nor any ‘dish detergent’ is going to get the job done. ‘Soap’, in this case, means ‘Sodium Tallowate’, such as Ivory, though Dial should work, as well. You need something based on fat (the ‘tallow’ part) to kill the virii…