EPA Registers New Products to Fight Spread of Deadly Fungus (2)

Feb. 12, 2020, 8:58 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 13, 2020, 1:41 AM UTC

The EPA for the first time registered 11 products that can disinfect surfaces against drug-resistant fungal infections that federal officials are calling an “urgent” threat.

Five companies make the 11 products: the Clorox Co., Diversey Inc., Medline Industries Inc., Ecolab Inc., and PDI Inc., formerly known as Professional Disposables International.

Candida auris (C. auris) is a drug-resistant yeast, a type of fungus. It can cause severe infections resulting in a patient death rate of about 30%, according to state and federal health agencies. It also spreads easily in ...

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