Charleston, Eastern Illinois University get sanitizer equipment to help with COVID-19, more

  • Source: Mattoon Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
  • Published: 09/17/2020 04:21 PM

It has a big name but it's a product that's supposed to be a big help against the coronavirus that comes with a big savings as well. This week, the city of Charleston received and began using equipment that produces a sanitizer solution, something that's been expensive and hard to come by with the virus pandemic. Eastern Illinois University also has the equipment and it's been in use there for about three weeks. Charleston Fire Chief Steve Bennett said the equipment uses water softener salt, water and an electrical process to produce hypochlorous acid. It's a safe disinfectant that's used to clean foods, he said. The concentration is still "medical grade" that can be used to disinfect against COVID-19 and other diseases, Bennett explained.



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