Thursday, July 12, 2012

Information About the Product

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Rubbing alcohol

Rubbing alcohol, USP / B.P. is a liquid prepared and used primarily for topical application. It is prepared from a special denatured alcohol solution and contains approximately 70 percent by volume of pure, concentrated ethanol (ethyl alcohol) or isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol).^[1] Individual manufacturers can use their own "formulation standards" in which the ethanol content usually ranges from 70-99% v/v.^[2] In Ireland and the UK, the equivalent skin preparation is surgical spirit, which is always an ethyl alcohol-isopropyl alcohol mixture.

The term "rubbing alcohol" has become a general non-specific term for either isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol) or ethyl alcohol (ethanol) rubbing-alcohol products.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubbing_alcohol

False Advertising

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbT5zvZdYE

In this video the advertisement says that their product KILLS 99.9% of germs or bacteria.

My partner and I believe that Cleene -Rubbing Alcohol does not kill 99.9 percent of bacteria. We have not seen any evidences that proves that rubbing alcohol kills 99.9 percent of bacteria. We believe that the company Cleene is falsifying their advertisement just so that the populations will buy their product

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Evidences of our Statement

In this post, we will be posting articles that agree with our statement. Just click on the links to view the articles

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_rubbing_alcohol_kill_germs
-In this link, it says that rubbing alcohol does not kill bacteria although it only stops their reproduction systems. The alcohol will only destroy 70-90& of the bacteria's cell wall, thus making them unable to reproduce. So, it only discontinues the growth of the bacteria's population. The research was conducted in CDC or Control Disease Center. It is an organization that deals with medical questions and answers them accurately.

http://www.wisegeek.com/why-is-alcohol-a-good-antiseptic.htm
-This is one of the parts of the link I had posted:
"Ethyl alcohol, more frequently known as grain alcohol, works as an antiseptic by coagulating protein, the primary material that makes up cells. Although alcohol cannot coagulate every single cell, it functions well to inhibit the growth and reproduction of many microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses."

http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2006/DalaineeV.html

-In this link, you will find an experiment conducted by a student named Dalainee V. Her results show that both 70% isopropyl alcohol and 62% ethyl alcohol based hand sanitizer did not kill 99.9% of bacteria but only reduced 88% of the sample bacteria for the isopropyl alcohol, and 62% ethyl alcohol based hand sanitizer only reduced 83% of the sample bacteria.