{"id":5711,"date":"2020-05-17T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.mine.nu\/blog\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2020-05-17T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:30:17","slug":"spraying-disinfectants-can-be-harmful-says-who-france-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/05\/17\/spraying-disinfectants-can-be-harmful-says-who-france-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Spraying disinfectants can be &#8216;harmful&#8217;, says WHO &#8211; France 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses a health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday. In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective. &#8220;Spraying or fumigation of outdoor spaces, such as streets or marketplaces, is&#8230; not recommended to kill the COVID-19 virus or other pathogens because disinfectant is inactivated by dirt and debris,&#8221; explains the WHO. &#8220;Even in the absence of organic matter, chemical spraying is unlikely to adequately cover all surfaces for the duration of the required contact time needed to inactivate pathogens.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200516-spraying-disinfectants-can-be-harmful-says-who\">Spraying disinfectants can be &#8216;harmful&#8217;, says WHO &#8211; France 24<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spraying disinfectant on the streets, as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus and even poses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5712,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711\/revisions\/5712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}