HealthDay Reports: Bleach on Fruit, Lysol Gargles — Many Getting Home Disinfection Dangerously Wrong
June 07, 2020
A new survey finds that 39% of Americans reported engaging in at least one unsafe practice to ward off COVID-19 infection. See what the most common examples were.
Bleach on Fruit, Lysol Gargles: Many Getting Home Disinfection Dangerously Wrong
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly two out of five Americans are using bleach and other household cleaners in potentially dangerous ways in an effort to protect themselves against COVID-19 infection, a new survey reveals.
About 20% Americans say they have applied bleach to their fruits and vegetables as a means of disinfection, a practice not recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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