I've always wondered.....
2007-09-23 11:59:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
they only say that so they wont get sued.. because if someone gets sick or something.. theey cant sue the company for their product because they didnt claim to get rid of all the germs :D
2007-09-23 12:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by Oaty 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It just means that the company that produces the cleaning product can never be 100% sure it will kill all germs.
2007-09-23 22:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by L******* of Arabia.. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a disclaimer. Sort of like how a condom is 99% effective or on the weight loss ads, in little tiny letters at the bottom of the advertisment, it says.."results not typical, individual results may vary". It just covers their price gouging selves in the event of the product not getting every single germ and someone getting sick. It isn't germ specific just like the condoms aren't sperm specific.
2007-09-23 12:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by MJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many bacteria out there, the 1% could be many different kinds. The ones I believe in the category are probably something like methycillin resistant staphylococcus and Vancomycin resistant enterococcus. Who knows. I get the feeeling they are making some of this stuff sound better than it is.
2007-09-23 12:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's basically impossible to kill 100% of all germs (See below). Some are immune to bleach, some are immune to heat and radiation. The 99.9 is just to cover their *** so someone can't say "Oh, it doesn't kill such and such bacteria! I'm suing!"
Chuck Norris, however, can kill 100% of whatever the hell he wants.
2007-09-23 12:03:56 · answer #5 · answered by mazdamandan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most people in the cleaning business are ninjas, therefore, other tiny ninjas hide in the bacteria, and because there are no pirates around to kill them, that .1% is all of the ninjas that they forgot
2007-09-23 12:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can't 100% on their label because someone would sue them plus the fact that nothing completely disinfects anything unless you use hospital cleaning products.
2007-09-23 12:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by sigmarigel@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that .1% is what stops them being sued when the product doesnt kill the germs
2007-09-23 12:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by lost boys 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The ones that are evolving to resist all of the chemicals we put on them. Beach is a good antibacterial. It destroys the structure of the bacterium.
2007-09-23 12:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by 354gr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flesh eating bacteria is too tough for cleaning products.
2007-09-23 12:03:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋