EPA Triggers Rapid Response to Curb Spread of Coronavirus (2)

Emergency guidance from the EPA could help people know which disinfectants can curb the deadly new coronavirus.

The coronavirus outbreak, which was first reported in 2019 in Wuhan, China, has now triggered emergency guidance under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Emerging Pathogens Policy for Antimicrobial Pesticides.

Under the policy, manufacturers whose EPA-registered products meet certain criteria are permitted to use emerging pathogen language in a number of types of communications, including product labels.

This is the first time EPA has activated the guidance since it was finalized in 2016.

So-called “emerging pathogens” are viruses that are ...