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To: mewzilla

Purple Passion or 151 Bacardi? Because ordinary drinking alcohol isn’t strong enough - you need about 60% alcohol to kill viruses.

FYI, there are recipes online for making your own hand sanitizer using high alcohol drinks and aloe vera.


111 posted on 03/12/2020 7:20:20 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr
Purple Passion or 151 Bacardi? Because ordinary drinking alcohol isn’t strong enough - you need about 60% alcohol to kill viruses.

I had a bottle of hand sanitizer that expired in 2010 stuck back in a cabinet. I decided to investigate how firm the date was. What I learned is that, because the bottles are not air tight, the alcohol gradually evaporates and the sanitizer is considered no longer effective when the alcohol content falls below 60%.

So 60% is evidently the floor for alcohol content in a sanitizer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using hand sanitizers that contain a minimum of 60 percent alcohol.

Can I Safely Use Expired Hand Sanitizer?

113 posted on 03/12/2020 7:31:48 AM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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