If you're reaching for your Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer during norovirus season, you might want to keep reading. Norovirus causes up to 21 million cases of stomach illness in the U.S. each year — and if you've ever asked yourself "does hand sanitizer kill norovirus," here's what most people don't realize : alcohol-based sanitizers, including Bath and Body Works, have significant limitations against this stubborn virus. At NOWATA Clean Living, our founders — Dr. Ruslan Maidans (PhD, Biomedical Engineering) and Dr. Yalda Shahriari (DDS) — spent two years researching how germs actually cling to skin and what it takes to remove them. That research led to a critical insight: killing germs and removing germs are two very different things. Our Swiss laboratory testing using modified ASTM E1174 protocols confirmed what the published science already suggested — physical removal is what matters most, especially with non-enveloped viruses like norovirus that re...
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