BLEACH

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Americans are misusing bleach in an effort to fight the coronavirus. According to the CDC, an internet panel surveyed 502 people last month. They found that 39% of the people surveyed admitted to incorrectly using bleach and other cleaners and disinfectants. Then there are the 4% of people surveyed who admitted to drinking or gargling bleach and other disinfectant solutions. To keep up with the latest news on the pandemic, subscribe to News 6′s coronavirus newsletter or go to ClickOrlando.com/coronavirus.

Consider a common ingredient in many disinfectant products, bleach. AdvertisementIn short: The reason bleach is so good at killing germs is pretty much the same reason its good at killing your bodily tissues. Thats what makes them so dangerous.The maker of Lysol disinfectant products, Reckitt Benckiser Group, also weighed in on the presidents comments. AdvertisementUnder no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route), the company said in a statement. By injecting a disinfectant like Lysol into your veins, you would basically just burn them from the inside out, Vohra said.