WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Businesses across the United States have begun intensive Covid-19 disinfection regimens, exposing returning workers and consumers to some chemicals that are largely untested for human health, a development that’s alarming health and environmental safety experts.
The rush to disinfect is well-intentioned. Executives want to protect employees while abiding by US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and to avoid liability.
Pre-pandemic, corporate cleaning staffs typically “freshened” lobbies every three hours, sanitised restrooms every four hours and cleaned other areas at night, said Mr Rich Feczko, national director of systems, standards and innovation at Crothall Healthcare, which cleans hundreds of hospitals, as well as offices and universities.
