What's the other .01% that germ killers that "kill 99.9%" don't kill?
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I think they say that "germ killers 'kill 99.9%' of germs" because they cannot guarantee that it can kill 100% of all the germs. Different surfaces, temperatures and humidity levels produce different germs of different "strengths". If they said that the product kills 100% of all germs, then the product has to "live up" to that guarantee. So if the product doesn't kill 100% of all the germs on a surface even if it says so, people can sue the company that made the product, millions of dollars. To protect themselves, they say that the product can only kill 99.9% of all germs because chances are, there will still be germs on the surface after it's been "cleaned" with the product. That's my theory.
I always wondered if that stuff really works.
Look for the germ called C-diff. It is a bacteria that most soaps cannot clean!
haha. i wondered anout that before too.
i've decided it's aids.
hah. idk.
i'm not sure but i always just thought if you sprayed//applied the germ killer twice it would kill 100% haha
Hmmm, you know i have always wondered the same thing. They probably can't kill ALL the germs...even if they sayed 100%
Now thats funny - good joke. Also maybe its well I don't know the germ by name.
Super Germs.. These are Germs that are resistant to the antibacterial formula of the product..
When these germs are exposed to the antibacterial, they form even greater resistance to the formula. So eventually when they grow back, they will be unaffected by the antibacterial formula and you will be forced to find a stronger one..
This is sort of why some medicines are no longer strong enough to deal with infections and stuff..
The commom cold. :-})
Microorganisms / germ can be bacteria, fungi, archaea or protists, but not viruses and prions.
Actually disinfectant can not kill more than 0.1% of germ.
- Bacteria : can't kill micobacteria tuberculosis, micobacteria leprae, all kind of spirochaetes, Clostridium perfringens, etc.
- can't kill fungus.
- can't kill amoeba, plaque, pseudomonas, etc.
Their membranes, sometimes way to strong.
in advertisements or packing, they cannot put that their products kills 100% of germs. This will get them into a potential lawsuit pretty fast if some labs tested that even a germ survive it.
To be on the safe side, they put 99.9% instead.
Some bacteria does "encase" itself into a spore that is pretty hard to kill in normal washing conditions, even with boiling water. They are in a "sleeping" stage, and when conditions are ripe, they will form back into a virulent bacteria.
Anyway, HIV is a virus, that cannot survive outside the body enviroment on it's own.
They put 99.9% as a legality. That way in case you catch a disease you can't sue them.
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