Disenfectant

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Thought this might interest you guys.

I am going to make this up for y kitchen.

 

Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide as Disinfectants

by Judy Stouffer

 

You can make your kitchen a cleaner, safer place and fight bacteria,

without exposing yourself and your family to toxic chemicals that also

damage the environment. You can use a simple safe disinfecting spray

that is more effective than any of the commercial cleaners in killing

bacteria. As a bonus, it is inexpensive!

 

Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

State University, worked out the recipe for just such a sanitizing

combo. All you need is three percent hydrogen peroxide, the same

strength available at the drug store for gargling or disinfecting

wounds, and plain white or apple cider vinegar, and a pair of brand new

clean sprayers, like the kind you use to dampen laundry before ironing.

If you're cleaning vegetables or fruit, just spritz them well first with

both the vinegar and the hydrogen peroxide, and then rinse them off

under running water.

It doesn't matter which you use first - you can spray with the vinegar

then the hydrogen peroxide, or with the hydrogen peroxide followed by

the vinegar. You won't get any lingering taste of vinegar or hydrogen

peroxide, and neither is toxic to you if a small amount remains on the

produce.

 

As a bonus: The paired sprays work exceptionally well in sanitizing

counters and other food preparation surfaces -- including wood cutting

boards.

In tests run at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,

pairing the two mists killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, or E.

coli bacteria on heavily contaminated food and surfaces when used in

this fashion, making this spray combination more effective at killing

these potentially lethal bacteria than chlorine bleach or any

commercially available kitchen cleaner.

 

The best results came from using one mist right after the other - it is

10 times more effective than using either spray by itself and more

effective than mixing the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide in one sprayer.

Science News August 8, 1998; Vol. 154, Issue. 6; pg. 83-85

 

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

Don't you just love simple and inexpensive solutions to practical

problems? I know I sure do. That's why I was delighted to find this

alternative to bleach or even the more expensive products that one

purchases at the health food store.

Sure seems like a great alternative to me and the toxicity is virtually

zero. Highly recommended

 

Pearly