Why Can They Only Ever Kill 99.9% of Bacteria?
 

What's so hard about that that last 0.1%?

Serious question.

The problem is you could never prove it - Serious answer...

Super-bacteria.

Not even close - It's impossible to prove there is nothing of something - That's why they always say only 99.9%...

I was wondering this the other day myself. Way too much free time on my hands.

It's because if they ever get caught with something that it didn't kill, they can just say "that's the .01 percent we were talking about".

That's what I said...

It's the super-bacteria.

So it's either super bacteria or a get out if they fail to get one of the buggers.

Cool.

Its because they don't know about all bacteria yet, more are being discovered all the time.
You cannot kill 100% of bacteria if you don't know all of them.

Because .01% of bacteria aren't killed by alcohol. They feed on it.

That a good question. Here's my take. They are slippery lil suckers. They get on everything.

Lots of bacterias but most are our friends or dont do shit.

It only implies that no product is perfect / Nobody is perfect/.

It's better to not fuck any random bitch from the street than having no bacterias in your kitchen.

Its what I said at the beginning - WTF?..

no it is not what you said and what do you want a cookie?

those claims of 99.9% are bullshit anyways.

We're the 1% ...

Kinda like hosting, 99.9% equals= 44 minutes 38 seconds of downtime a month so easier to achieve that without giving out service credits/refunds. :2 cents:

No the problem is that if the disinfectant ever failed they would get their asses sued off because the label says 100% and it was " Obvious " at that point it was an exaggeration to sell product.

That is what a rampant law suit happy country will do for you.

Because nothing is 100% in this world, you Havant figured that fucking out yet ?

Fuck is part of my every day language

Because if it's 100% they are Guaranteeing it, and you know how it goes in America..
Land of the Sue him!

what kind of bacteria?

its for legall reasons.

i belive that bleach does kill everything 100% but they put 99% just to cover themselves.

So.. problem solved, lots of answers :)

nothing in life is perfect, specially if you had to prove it

a better question would be: is killing 99.9% of all bacteria on your hands or mouth constantly a healthy move? Aside from surgery prep anyway.

my friend's dad is a neuro surgeon, he told me a while ago that the germ sanitizer things are ok but people that rely on them are actually hurting themselves. some of the bacteria we have on our hands is good bacteria, and you end up killing that stuff too.