P&G’s Lysol Competitor Wins EPA Approval to Fight Covid-19 (1)

Microban 24 wasn’t expected to be a major product before Procter & Gamble Co. introduced it in February. Then came Covid-19.

The sanitizing spray -- P&G’s answer to Lysol and Clorox -- is in demand with the coronavirus pandemic causing a rush for household cleaning supplies. On Monday, Microban got perhaps its biggest vote of confidence yet, as the packaged-goods giant said the spray was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as effective in killing the virus that causes Covid-19.

Kevin Wenzel, vice president of P&G’s North American Surface Care Design & Delivery unit, said in an interview that ...