The EPA says, “Never apply the product to yourself or others. Do not ingest disinfectant products.”
William Bryan of the Department of Homeland Security said at a White House briefing on Thursday that “emerging results” from new research suggest solar light has a powerful effect in killing the virus on surfaces and in the air.Without specifying the kind of disinfectant, Trump said after Bryan's presentation,"I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute.
Medical professionals, including Dr. Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist, global health policy expert and an NBC News and MSNBC contributor. were “This notion of injecting or ingesting any type of cleansing product into the body is irresponsible and it’s dangerous," said Gupta."It’s a common method that people utilize when they want to kill themselves."warning against any internal use of the cleaning product.
"As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body ," said a spokesperson for Reckitt Benckiser, the United Kingdom-based owner of Lysol, in a statement to NBC News.
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