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Re:Polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing ant... by smileysteve on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:19PM (#38738795)
Out of the body, we have a number of solutions; fire, bleach, uv-c, lye; on your list, only the plastics (personal protection stuff) can't cleaned with these many times around
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Re:Polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing ant... by notamy on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:24PM (#38738842)
Unfortunately, bacteria resistant to bleach are starting to develop https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/1...
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Re:Polymers capable of killing bacteria without inducing ant... by BiteCode_dev on Saturday December 23, 2023 @04:26AM (#38742846)
You are not going to bleach a handrail 50 times a day, it's not economically viable.
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