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Helpful advice about cleaning surfaces to avoid coronavirus risk

Submitted by iwaldron on Sat, 03/21/2020 - 2:03pm.

The article at the link below explains why soap is generally better than bleach for cleaning surfaces. New research suggests that the virus lasts for up to four hours on clothes and wood, about a day on cardboard, two days on stainless steel, and three days on a type of hard plastic called polypropylene, although it might last longer on heavily contaminated surfaces in public spaces.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/why-soap-preferable-bleach-fight-against-coronavirus/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_20200320&rid=8816B688B5DDF87B2697AB93C7A90823

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