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Revolutionary new cleaner will kill 'other 0.1% of all known germs'

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Started 4 years ago by Perks
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Perks

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Posted 4 years ago #
bonjonelson

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This is what I don't get.

IF something kills 99.9% of germs, it leaves the 0.1% that are resistant to the germicide, and we all know how fast these germs reproduce - so essentially after the first wash, ever other wash is essentially useless.

Posted 4 years ago #
kga6

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This is a classic; the 99.9 % is the percentage of germs that can be proven to be killed. The cleaning companies cannot put 100.0 % because the technology they use presumably isn't accurate enough. No doubt in a few years when bio-technologies have improved, it will be 99.99 %.

Posted 4 years ago #
button

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I had a go at this before: http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=26615
5 stars though as obviousley I would think its a good idea

Posted 4 years ago #
butagirl

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I thought Domestos claimed to "kill all known germs... DEAD". You don't mean to say they were lying?

I'm personally more worried about all those unknown germs. Perhaps we could develop a new cleaner to wipe them out?

Posted 4 years ago #
brownpaperreporter

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It seems I worked this line before too - alas, Button seems to have donated his 0.1% worth before me

An equally deserving 5* ....

Is it me or are these grapes sour?

Posted 4 years ago #
kga6

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butagirl: Nah they aren't lying. It kills all known varieties of germs (and almost certainly unknown germs too) - just can't prove it kills every one of a given batch (e.g. in a petri dish).

Posted 4 years ago #
Al OPecia

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Vancomycin - it's all that stands between us and microbial Armageddon.

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The All New Jeni B

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Al, is that Jamaican patois for an eye-witness account of a Transit theft?

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