{"id":4335,"date":"2020-08-08T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2020-08-12T11:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T03:46:02","slug":"disinfectant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/2020\/08\/08\/disinfectant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Continue with disinfectants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Written by Dickson Yip (HKU Master of Toxicology)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the last article we discussed some of the most common disinfectants available in the market. After that, I received some enquiries from my friends asking about the newly emerged disinfectants whether they work as they claimed. As a person with science background, I will not recommend any products if they cannot provide enough evidence to consumers.\n<br> <br>\n1. Chlorine dioxide\nChlorine dioxide shares the same working principle with bleach. They oxidize biomolecules from bacteria and viruses in order to eliminate them. However, the method of applying chlorine dioxide may worth a discussion. \nOn the image below, it states that chlorine dioxide solution can be applied to humidifier and release in form of aerosols to every corner of the room. This is very dangerous as chlorine dioxide is highly oxidizing (corrosive) \u2013 similar to the bleach. It will corrode metal surfaces and fabrics and if inhaled, it will corrode human body cells as well, possessing cytotoxicity. That\u2019s the reason why I won\u2019t recommend the use of chlorine dioxide under poor ventilated area, but normal use like a bleach to clean floors or non-metal surfaces are fine.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1139935770\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1.png 864w, https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1-601x400.png 601w, https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1-96x64.png 96w, https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1-42x28.png 42w, https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Picture1-600x399.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1139935770 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>2. Photocatalyst<br \/>The main component of photocatalyst is titanium dioxide. It is mainly used to decompose volatile organic compounds like formaldehyde. Its principle is to break down water molecules in air to reactive oxygen species (OH\uff0e) under UV light. In theory it can decompose proteins and nucleic acids on bacteria and viruses as well, however that hasn\u2019t enough proof on that yet, especially on viruses. Titanium dioxide exists in form of ultra-fine particles (10 um or less), if inhaled can accumulate in the lungs causing cytotoxicity. Titanium dioxide is classified as \u201cpossibly carcinogenic to humans\u201d by WHO, so extra care is necessary when using photocatalyst.<\/p>\n<p>3. Products that claim to have prolonged effect<br \/>\u8981\u8b49\u5be6\u4e00\u6a23\u6d88\u6bd2\u7522\u54c1\u6709\u6c92\u6709\u6548\u5176\u5be6\u5df2\u7d93\u4e0d\u5bb9\u6613\u3002\u56e0\u70ba\u5be6\u969b\u6548\u7528\u5df2\u7d93\u6703\u53d7\u4f7f\u7528\u74b0\u5883\u5f71\u97ff\uff0c\u4f8b\u5982\u6eab\u5ea6\uff0c\u6fd5\u5ea6\uff0c\u7269\u4ef6\u8868\u9762\uff0c\u7d30\u83cc\/\u75c5\u6bd2\u6578\u7a2e\u985e\u548c\u6578\u91cf\u7b49\u7b49\u3002\u5982\u679c\u9084\u8981\u8b49\u660e\u7522\u54c1\u7684\u6301\u7e8c\u6027\uff0c\u5e7e\u4e4e\u662f\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u3002\u8981\u662f\u6709\u7522\u54c1\u8072\u7a31\u5df2\u6709\u5be6\u9a57\u5be6\u660e\uff0c\u4e5f\u53ea\u662f\u4ee3\u8868\u7522\u54c1\u5728\u5bc6\u5c01\u3001\u63a7\u5236\u7684\u689d\u4ef6\u4e0b\u5c0d\u67d0\u7a2e\u7d30\u83cc\u6709\u4f5c\u7528\uff0c\u7d55\u4e0d\u80fd\u4ee3\u8868\u65e5\u5e38\u60c5\u6cc1\u3002\u9000\u4e00\u842c\u6b65\u8aaa\u5047\u8a2d\u9019\u4e9b\u7522\u54c1\u90fd\u662f\u9577\u6642\u9593\u6709\u6548\uff0c\u4ed6\u5011\u53c8\u5982\u4f55\u8b49\u660e\u4eba\u985e\u9577\u6642\u9593\u63a5\u89f8\u9019\u7269\u8cea\u662f\u4e0d\u6703\u5f71\u97ff\u5065\u5eb7\uff1f\u65e2\u7136\u9019\u4e9b\u7522\u54c1\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u6771\u897f\u90fd\u7121\u6cd5\u8b49\u5be6\uff0c\u5012\u4e0d\u5982\u8173\u8e0f\u5be6\u5730\u52e4\u6d17\u624b\u52e4\u6e05\u6f54\u7f77\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Source: HKTV Mall, WHO<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4e0a\u6b21\u6211\u5011\u6bd4\u8f03\u4e86\u5e02\u9762\u5e38\u898b\u7684\u6d88\u6bd2\u7522\u54c1\uff0c\u7b46\u8005\u5f8c\u4f86\u6536\u5230\u4e0d\u5c11\u670b\u53cb\u67e5\u8a62\uff0c\u554f\u6211\u4e00\u4e9b\u65b0\u8208\u7684\u6d88\u6bd2\u7522\u54c1\u300cwork\u5514work\u300d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-152"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centurystrong.com.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}