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IS HYPOCHLOROUS ACID A MAGIC MOLECULE?

Ever heard of hypochlorous acid?  New to me.  Also for my computer, as it says I'm spelling this wrong.  But more and more I'm reading that a  bottle of hypochlorous acid spray is becoming a must have at home item .  An   introduction . Chemical formula of ClOH, or just chlorine, oxygen and hydrogen.  Sometimes called HOCl. Discovered in  1834 by French chemist Antoine Jerome Balard. Before antibiotics, hypochlorous acid was a go-to disinfectant. Widely used in World War I. However, the lack of shelf stability prevented it from becoming a household staple. All mammals naturally make hypochlorous acid to fight infection. It is an acid that forms chlorine when dissolved in water. Your white blood cells make hypochlorous acid as a tool against foreign bodies. Will destroy pathogens in low concentrations.   Good spray for open wounds. E. coli  exposed to hypochlorous acid loses viability in less than 0.1 seconds.  100% growth inhib...