Ignore low ratings given based on not seeing it listed on the EPA’s List N, they show their ignorance of bureaucratic processes, biology, and chemistry.
Should I also mention that if you look at other products like Lysol and Clorox disinfectant sprays that are on the EPA’s List N you will see that their active ingredient is the same but at a lesser concentration because they are pre-diluted for immediate use?
I will state, tho', if you are using this products in the hopes it will help with something like non-enveloped viruses like norovirus, parvovirus, or rhinovirus, etc., then Odoban is not a good choice. Its active ingredient (as well as non-bleach cleaners like Lysol, Clorox, etc.) is essentially ineffective against non-enveloped viruses (most difficult type to inactive/kill). Cleaners with bleach (sodium hypochlorite) or hydrogen peroxide (H202) are best.
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SCIENTIFIC-BASED EXPLANATION & REASONING
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The family of human coronaviruses are enveloped viruses that are the most susceptible to inactivation by osmotic shock (are hydrophobic). That is, there is a lipid/protein layer that surrounds the virus. The active ingredient in Odoban causes a breach in this lipid/protein envelope/wall and water to enter the virus and inactivate it by evoking osmotic shock. The active ingredient in Odoban (Alkyl [C14 50%, C12 40%, C16 10%] dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride) has been scientifically proven to be effective in inactivating (i.e., ‘killing’) enveloped viruses by causing osmotic shock with a concentration as low as 0.2% (but 0.4% is typically the lowest threshold used for the purposes of sanitisation and disinfection in commercial/industrial-type settings).
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PLEASE, PLEASE FOLLOW DILUTION INSTRUCTIONS
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(Unless you are a chemist, biologist, medical doctor, etc., who understands how Quaternary Ammonium Compounds [QACs] work and can manipulate concentrations safely for use.)
Why dilute to instruction and not use the full-strength concentration? Recommended dilution rates are based on what the EPA (based on scientific studies) recommends for optimal sanitation and disinfection. A proper balance between the active ingredient and water is required to inactive a virus by breaching its enveloped layer and allowing in the highest amount of water to induce osmotic shock. Too little or too much of the active ingredient as it relates to water will cause sanitation or disinfection to take longer because too little or too much concentration of the active ingredient caused less water to enter the virus than an optimal concentration of the active ingredient would have.
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