Are Sanitiser Guns Safe To Use? Experts Say It Might Spread Other Health Risks
Upon arriving at an establishment, you might’ve been greeted with a sanitiser gun to disinfect your body from potential Covid-like germs.
Sanitiser spray machines, also known as nano mist sanitiser guns, have become the newest must-have item during the Covid-19 pandemic, and are now permanent fixtures in shops, cars, and many homes, supposedly to sanitise items and keep the virus at bay.
Online shopping malls have promoting them, with prices ranging from RM20 to as high as RM150, with one seller moving over 10,000 units a month on one platform. Needless to say, these guns are everywhere.
Bottles of chlorine dioxide tablets are supplied to be mixed with water in the bottle attachment, while some products push different germ-killing formulations such as Hypochlorous Acid and more.
However, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has recently cautioned people to be careful when using sanitisers as it could…
