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Biotech / Medical
SARS and Avian Flu
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3482"microwave oven will have absolutely no effect on virus or bacteria" dwight martin-2/1/2006
3481You said: <i>Why would you want to sterilize a disposable mask if the firsCheeky Kid-2/1/2006
3480Here's the post started this whole discussion. The one reply to it suggestecaly-2/1/2006
3479Why would you want to sterilize a disposable mask if the first place if you are Crabbe-2/1/2006
3478Yes, it is somewhat foolish to discuss reuse of disposable masks. But in a worstConky Lives!-2/1/2006
3477Ray, that's the time-honored common sense, inexpensive solution. I have an John Metcalf-1/31/2006
3476[Bleach] When I was a kid growing up we used bleach in our cistern to make it saGalirayo-1/31/2006
3475I know the cleaning, disinfecting qualities of bleach. The debate here is cleanCheeky Kid-1/31/2006
3474Sodium hypochlorite (bleach) is none of these: "ethylene oxide, radiation John Metcalf-1/31/2006
3473Your method will destroy the mask, disposable masks are just that, disposable. Cheeky Kid-1/31/2006
3472The best method and cheapest is to use common household bleach, 1 ounce to 1 galCrabbe-1/31/2006
3471fda.gov Q. Can I reuse personal protective equipment? A. <b>No.</b>Cheeky Kid-1/31/2006
3470Re: Masks 3m.com <i>Can disposable respirators, reusable facepieces and PCheeky Kid-1/31/2006
3469I find it implausible that ants do not cook in microwave ovens.Casaubon-1/31/2006
3468I would have to agree with you. So much talk about masks, yet the experts sayCheeky Kid-1/31/2006
3467Thanks for the info Dwight. I suppose the fibres the bugs are sitting on get reMaurice Winn-1/31/2006
3466Right you are. Nonetheless, the Spanish flu virus is not killed by freezing, bedwight martin-1/31/2006
3465I expect every filter company will try to profit from H5N1 or other pandemic, inElroy Jetson-1/31/2006
3464Turn you browser to www.emergencyfiltration.com Hope this helps. jonGuy Gadois-1/31/2006
3463Freezing temperatures have very little detrimental effect on virus. Viral samplElroy Jetson-1/31/2006
3462What they got from the permafrost in Alaska were fragments of the dead virus. Wcaly-1/31/2006
3461Freezer kill virus? I doubt it, didn't they recently get samples of the 191dwight martin-1/31/2006
3460I could envisage that there may be a need to sterilize and reuse a cartridge filConky Lives!-1/31/2006
3459Couldn't find a mask example, but nasal hoods are pretty close. "Microdwight martin-1/31/2006
3458Ants in microwave ovens don't cook. Neither would a virus. They are too smMaurice Winn-1/31/2006
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