We get this question a lot: Does Force of Nature Kill Viruses? You might have heard that Force of Nature uses electricity to convert tap water, salt & vinegar into a disinfectant and sanitizer that kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. If you’re like a lot of people, you really want to understand HOW. We’ve got the scoop for you in this article.
How Force of Nature Kills Viruses & Bacteria
It’s all about the chemistry. Force of Nature uses a technology called electrolyzed water, which is an industrial technology used in products like wound healing, eye care, veterinary care, and also in green cleaning & sanitizing. It’s pretty simple chemistry, where electricity changes the chemical composition of the salt, water & vinegar into new ingredients. It’s really the same principle that’s at play in cooking: you combine elements, and under the right conditions, they change into a new substance that’s completely different. When Force of Nature passes an electrical charge through the salt, water & vinegar solution, the molecules are broken apart and formed into 2 new ingredients:
- Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) , the disinfecting & sanitizing ingredient. Hypochlorous acid is so gentle and effective it’s commonly used in wound healing products and as a hospital sanitizer & disinfectant. It’s actually the same substance your immune system produces to fight infection.
- Sodium hydroxide (NaOH). This is a common ingredient used at different concentrations in products ranging from toothpaste, skin moisturizers, and sunscreens, to cleaning products. In cleaning products, you typically see concentrations of 1-5%, but in Force of Nature it’s only 0.0000003%.
Here’s a little video that explains the chemistry:
One thing you might be wondering is why is Force of Nature an appliance, vs being sold as a bottled cleaner. The reason is that like bubbles in a soda or seltzer, hypochlorous acid starts to dissipate over time. That means a bottle of cleaner sitting on a store shelf or in a warehouse would lose its efficacy within just a few weeks. That’s why it’s a disinfectant you have to make fresh on your countertop. Force of Nature is the only EPA registered disinfectant you can make on your kitchen countertop. It’s Green Seal certified with reusable bottles, so it makes it super easy to reduce single-use plastic bottles.
Force of Nature is an EPA Registered Disinfectant that Kills Viruses
To become a federally registered EPA disinfectant and sanitizer, the product is tested using extremely rigorous EPA required anti-microbial testing protocols across multiple batches of product. Suppliers, purity, concentration & processing of all individual ingredients must be approved, with strict statistical limits on all. The product has to kill a specified range of microbes at the 99.9% level within a specified amount of time. Force of Nature is EPA registered for sanitizing and disinfecting hospitals, ICUs, veterinary clinics, schools, daycares, and more. It kills 99.9% of germs, even Staph, MRSA, Norovirus, Influenza A, Salmonella, and Listeria when used as directed. It is a hospital-grade disinfectant that kills viruses and bacteria as effectively as bleach with no harmful chemicals, residues or fumes.
Does Force of Nature Kill Coronavirus?
We get this question a lot too! Force of Nature is on EPA’s list N, the disinfectants approved for use against SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, and EPA expects all products on List N to kill all strains and variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Force of Nature Kills Viruses As Effectively As Bleach
We know a lot of families work really hard to reduce their children’s exposure to toxic chemicals, and this can be hardest to do when you’re faced with germy occasions, or when you’re concerned about contagious viruses like coronavirus. Even the people most committed to buying products using “clean ingredients” reach for bleach at times like these. The good news is that Force of Nature kills viruses as effectively as bleach, but with no harmful residues left behind, and no allergens or irritants. It’s kid-friendly and pet-friendly with no toxic ingredients, so you can clean & disinfect without worry. And yes, Parents, that means you can disinfect all those baby toys without needing to rinse them off like you do with bleach!
The Eco-Friendly Way to Kill Viruses
Force of Nature has reusable bottles so that you can completely eliminate wasteful, single-use plastic bottles from your cleaning routine. And because it can replace kitchen, bathroom, glass & rug cleaners, deodorizers, disinfectants and sanitizers, you can eliminate all those plastic bottles too!
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We’re parents too, so we get the challenge of trying to keep our families healthy while at the same time keeping our homes free from toxic chemicals. That’s why we started Force of Nature, because we don’t think you should have to trade off what works with what’s good for your family & the environment. When we learned about the electrolyzed water technology, we knew it would be the solution families were looking for. More questions? We’ve got the scoop on how to compare electrolyzed water vs bleach, or about how Force of Nature is safe to use on just about any surface in your home.
