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To: exDemMom
from here:

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php

"Ebola virus is susceptible to sodium hypochlorite, lipid solvents, phenolic disinfectants, peracetic acid, methyl alcohol, ether, sodium deoxycholate, 2% glutaraldehyde, 0.25% Triton X-100, β-propiolactone, 3% acetic acid (pH 2.5), formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde, and detergents such as SDS"

So yes, lysol would do the trick. The question is how concentrated would it need to be?

The problem becomes the handrails in public transportation, the ATM machines, grocery store buggy handles, and the apple fondled by someone in the store 5m before you. How many times could you reasonably disinfect these between users during rush hour?

Electronics would be trickier to disinfect probably.

And I wonder if it's susceptible to iodine since it's susceptible to chlorine. If regular old povidone did the trick that would be something found in hospitals for use on humans already.

455 posted on 08/15/2014 8:55:40 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

http://phys.org/news/2014-08-ebola-nanoscale.html


456 posted on 08/15/2014 9:23:35 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

Is 3% acetic acid the standard kitchen white vinegar strength?


467 posted on 08/16/2014 5:18:20 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Black Agnes

You know I think I will have on hand some cheap white inspection gloves or cheap “parade gloves”. You can wear them out and properly peal them off as you return to your vehicle.


475 posted on 08/16/2014 6:16:55 AM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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