Is it safe to spray wrapped Halloween candy with Lysol?
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Personally, I think our fear of germs and the trend toward over-sanitizing everything is a lost cause. Germs are everywhere and we can't protect our kids from all of them. That's what our immune systems are for. A child with a healthy lifestyle (proper nutrition and adequate exercise) will have a strong immune system that will fight off most invaders.
Germs will live outside the body for a few seconds or up to 48 hours. Don't obsess about the Halloween candy. If you just can't help it, let the kids have a few pieces on Halloween night and then have them wash their hands, and put the rest up for a few days until the germs have died.
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Let Those Germs Die. Let Halloween candy “sit” for a few days before touching or eating it. Dr. Shu says, "two days is plenty of time for any contagions" like a H1N1 virus that happens to be on the candy wrapper to die.
http://healthfieldmedicare.suite101.com/article.cfm/docs_tips_on_halloween_candy_h1n1_swine_flu#ixzz0VKD1tVcn
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However according to this website:
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=18001012
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"Ingestion: Ingestion is unlikely through the normal anticipated use of this product. Ingestion of small quantities is not expected to cause any significant adverse effects. Contains denatured ethanol; ingestion may result in ethanol poisoning."
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Even that being said I don't think spraying an item your children will ingest with Lysol is wise or even necessary. If you really must sanitize your kids candy try an all natural sanitizer such as Burt's Bee Hand Sanitizer with Aloe and Witch Hazel. That way if some does make its way onto the actual candy you're safer than with Lysol at least.
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I have to agree with Jillbeth. There are many studies that link the development of superbugs to our overuse of bacterial killing products. These products effectively kill the 99.9 or whatever percentage of bacteria, which then leaves the other .1%. These are the strongest bacteria that are now immune to ways of fighting them off. Our zeal to rid the world of microbes has only cause them to mutate beyond our ability to fight them.
That being said though, I think the H1N1 is serious business and has been making very healthy kids, with no previous immune problems or strong immune systems, very very sick.
I guess having an extra bag of candy around so you can wait the two days for any germs to die would be the best option. I don't know about spraying candy with a germicide. You really never know which candy might accidentally get some on the eating portion.