An environmental health organization has urged local government units (LGUs) to heed the advice by health experts against the spraying of individuals and surfaces or the misting of large areas with disinfectants in a bid to ward off or kill the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a statement on Sunday, the EcoWaste Coalition urged city and municipal mayors, as well as barangay chairpersons, to reconsider the practice of spraying or misting as a method of disinfection against the dreaded Covid-19. “We urge our local government executives to pay serious attention to the precautionary advice issued by health experts and avoid the ineffective practice of misting or spraying disinfectants, which may even cause harm instead of protecting human health and the environment,” said Thony Dizon, chemical safety campaigner of EcoWaste Coalition. His statement came after following the precautionary advice given by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization against spraying or misting disinfectants to contain Covid-19.
