EPA fines hospital disinfectant manufacturer

[Guest guest]

Two products claimed to kill specific infectious agents commonly

found in hospitals, didn't.

Products cited for inefficacy in the most recent case were:

Saniphor No. 450, registered as a tuberculocide, but

found ineffective against a bacterium that causes

tuberculosis; and 7 Healthcare Disinfectant Neutral

Cleaner, which EPA tests determined did not kill the

pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as claimed on the

label. In addition, Klear Guard Tub & Tile Foaming

Germicidal Cleaner was cited as misbranded for use of a

label with missing first aid information.

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/07D14570FB49E137

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Now for an editorial opinion relating to my previous post on

" home visits " and governmental intervention:

Are you in favor of how the governmental agency, EPA,

intervened, judged, and fined the company? (Corporations have

the same legal status as indivduals). Or do you think society

would be better off if they did not have that power?

Sorry for the soapbox again, but I just couldn't resist asking the

question.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC