Benefect® Botanical Disinfectant:

• The First Botanical Disinfectant in North America EPA registered
• Kills Over 99.99% of Bacteria, Fungus, TB and HIV
• No Rinse or Wipe Required
• No Warning Labels or First Aid Statements
• No Mixing

What does Benefect® mean to you?
As a contractor or homeowner you know that Benefect® has been reviewed for safety, efficacy & environmental impact by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & therefore you can trust what the label says.

Naturally, Benefect’s® botanical ingredients give it some distinct advantages:

No Rinse or Wipe Required
You can now use a product that doesn’t require a rinse or wipe. This saves costly labor & time allowing you to do the job faster by saving a whole labor step & lets you move onto the next job faster. This saves you money.

It is also suitable for use around children, pets, the elderly and chemically-sensitive individuals. So you can relax about chemical contamination, overspray & evacuating building occupants.

No Warning Labels or First Aid Statements
You can now use an alternative to chlorine, ammonia & oxidizers which isn’t corrosive, flammable or reactive nor does it pose a public health risk. This means you don’t need any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as: rubber gloves, boots, aprons, respirators or face shields to protect yourself from the product.

Employers are liable for the health and safety of their employees. Using Benefect® ensures employers are providing their employees with the latest technology & the best choice for the job.

Would you buy 20 year old equipment? Why would you choose 20 year old disinfectant technology?

No Mixing
Ready-To-Use products dispense the correct concentration of disinfectant every time, right out of the bottle. With many concentrates, contractors need to make sure dilution rates, water hardness levels and water temperature are all correct to ensure that the disinfectant is mixed properly: too low & they may not kill effectively, too high & they may be an additional health risk.

What is a Disinfectant?

The term “Disinfectant” is actually a legal, regulated term & cannot be used, or claimed on a product’s label, until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviews all the supporting efficacy, chemistry & safety data & approves every word on the label.

Benefect® is classified as a Hospital or Medical Disinfectant by the EPA because of the variety of bacteria that it kills. The EPA has selected 3 representative organisms that a product must have Efficacy against, within 10 minutes, using a specifically approved laboratory method, to be successfully registered in this category.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate is to protect human health & the environment. So, in addition to kill data, EPA scientists reviewed the Toxicity or safety profile of Benefect®, the Directions for Use, Storage, Disposal and Handling, plus a complete review of any Environmental impact. Click here to go to the EPA’s site & learn more.

The EPA then requires any Precautionary Statements or Warnings to be added to the label to ensure that safe & effective use of the product can be achieved when label directions are followed. The product is then “registered” with an EPA number & can now legally be called a “disinfectant” or claim to “kill bacteria.” So the Benefect® label is, in fact, a legal reference point for all health claim & use related questions.

Only products with EPA Registration Numbers can make public health claims such as “disinfection” or “kills germs” (“biocide,” “microbiocide,” “fungicide,” “mildewcide,” “bacteriostat,” & their derivatives are NOT regulated health claims). If a product doesn’t have an EPA number then the government has not reviewed & approved the label claims it should only be relied on for cleaning, not killing germs.

Benefect® Botanical Disinfectant: Efficacy

All hospital disinfectants need to be registered by the EPA to make health claims. They all must submit successful kill data against the following organisms within a standard contact time of 10 minutes. The equivalent to over 99.99% reduction is required for disinfectant registration.

These particular organisms were chosen as representatives of their category or structure of bacteria to simplify the testing process & avoid having to test every organism in a category.

NOTE:Benefect® is not required, nor recommended, to be rinsed or wiped off at all due to its botanical ingredients and neutral pH. “Just Spray & Walk Away”™.

Additional organisms are continually being tested, submitted & registered to broaden the kill spectrum of Benefect®.

The statements of antimicrobial activity are based on independent laboratory testing at world renowned ATS Labs in Minneapolis.

Benefect® Botanical Disinfectant: Safety Profile

Benefect® is an ingenious mixture of plant extracts that surpasses government efficacy requirements for hospital disinfectants but that, unbelievably, are also Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) or as Direct Food Additives by the FDA.

Benefect’s® botanical active ingredient is classified by the EPA as having no known adverse affects to human health or the environment.

Benefect® is classified under the EPA’s highest safety rating category allowed under law for all routes of exposure which include:

Inhalation Ingestion Skin Irritation Skin Sensitization Eye Irritation Therefore, Benefect® does not even require a Caution statement on the label which has been the standard minimum requirement for all products by the EPA until now. As well, Benefect® contains no ammonia, chlorine, oxidizers or alcohols & even has a neutral pH, which means that it is: Non-corrosive Non-flammable Non-reactive ...why would you use anything else?

Environmental Impact

On the environmental front Benefect® really established itself as a leading, sustainable technology. Of course, being the first disinfectant that is botanical in composition is going to be environmentally-friendly. Originally, EPA regulations were not set up to allow for botanical disinfectants because none existed and disinfectants were by definition poisonous. So again, Benefect® has blazed the trail.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate is to protect human health & the environment. Therefore, all disinfectants must be thoroughly reviewed by the EPA as a normal component of registration which includes reviewing the impact the product may have on the:

Environment

Wildlife and Aquatic Organisms

Plant & Non-Target Insects

Benefect® has also been certified by the Environmental Choice Ecology Program which is North America’s leading benchmark of environmentally-responsible products and services. Their mission is to encourage the supply of products and services that are more environmentally responsible and to help organizations and consumers buy green.

Click here to see the Certification Criteria (particularly pg. 10, sections 2-7) that Benefect® was verified against by independent auditors which states the product:

1. must not be labeled harmful, corrosive or an irritant
2. must have less than 1% VOCs (Volatile organic Compounds)
3. must have a pH between 3 and 11
4. must not contain aromatic solvents, halogenated solvents, ethylene glycol ethers or their acetates, alkylphenol ethoxylates, silver & other heavy metals, carcinogens, halogens or halogen salts, quaternary ammonium compounds, glutaraldehyde, or phenolics & much more...

Benefect® Botanical Disinfectant: Applications

Contractors:

Benefect® is ideal for Hard Surface Disinfection on:

...& other similar surfaces where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.

Benefect® is ideal for Knock Down & Odor Control against odor-causing bacteria & fungi on porous & non-porous surfaces:

...& other similar surfaces where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.

Benefect® is ideal for use in Residential, Commercial & Medical Applications, including:

...& other similar application sites where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.

Homeowners:

Benefect® is ideal for Hard Surface Disinfection on:

...& other similar surfaces where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.

Benefect® is ideal for Odor Control against odor-causing bacteria & fungi on porous & non-porous surfaces:

...& other similar surfaces where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.

Benefect® is ideal for use in the following Applications:

...& other similar application sites where bacteria, mold and mildew or odors are a concern and where a botanical product is sensible.