Clip and Save: Lists of Products (and Active Ingredients) That Will Kill Coronavirus

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Here are three good, credible, authoritative lists of products by brand name, as well as a list of active ingredients and their working concentrations, that will kill the coronavirus. If you are looking for a particular product on one of these three lists, and cannot find it, you can check the active ingredients on the label against the list provided here, to see if it will kill the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.


The Singaporean National Environment Agency released a list of products effective against coronavirus, which you can read in full here:
https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/public-cleanliness/environmental-cleaning-guidelines/guidelines/interim-list-of-household-products-and-active-ingredients-for-disinfection-of-covid-19

The important part of this document is the list of active ingredients and their working concentrations which are effective at killing coronaviruses:

(1) Sodium hypochlorite (0.05 – 0.5%)

(2) 70% Ethyl alcohol

(3) Povidone-iodine (1% iodine)

(4) Chloroxylenol (0.12%)

(5) 50% Isopropanol

(6) 0.05% Benzalkonium chloride *Alternative name: alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride

(7) 50 ppm Iodine in iodophor

(8) 0.23% Sodium chlorite

(9) Accelerated hydrogen peroxide (0.5%)


The U.S. Center for Biocide Chemistries/American Chemical Council has released a six-page list of products by brand name that will kill the coronavirus:
https://www.americanchemistry.com/Novel-Coronavirus-Fighting-Products-List.pdf

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also released a list of products by brand name that will kill the coronavirus:
https://templatelab.com/epa-registered-disinfectant-products/

Also, Apple has recently announced that you can use disinfectant wipes to clean iPhones and iPads:
https://qz.com/1816471/clean-your-iphone-with-alcohol-and-clorox-wipes-apple-says/

UPDATE March 23rd, 2020: The government of Canada has published a List of hard-surface disinfectants for use against coronavirus (COVID-19): https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/disinfectants/covid-19/list.html

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