You can find them in detergent additives, mildew removers, all-purpose cleaners, and foot and shoe sprays; in liquid disinfectants, hand gels, towels, and so-called ‘hygienic’ sprays. These days you can even find automatic disinfectant dispensers that use sensor technology. “Many manufacturers have recently started trying to put these dangerous and unnecessary disinfectants back onto the market again.”

Source: Consumer Centre Hamburg

In times of the swine flu and EHEC, many disinfectant manufacturers sense their big chance to sell their products, advertising for the chemicals with promises like removing “99.9% of bacteria – including EHEC germs!” The fact that these chemicals destroy our natural biological balance is never mentioned. Nor is it mentioned how the chemicals harm the environment and can cause allergies and eczemas. The Stiftung Warentest, the National Institute for Consumer Health Protection, and the Robert Koch Institute agree: these disinfectants are “fundamentally unnecessary” in normal households.

Regular cleaning with environmentally friendly cleaning solutions is enough for sufficient cleanliness, and is beneficial to you and the environment. When you use barcoo, we’ll inform you immediately if a product has been classified as “unnecessary” by the Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg (the consumer advice center in Hamburg).