--- title: "Lysol Begs Customers Not to Drink Its Cleaning Products" description: "The company behind brands Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to ingest its cleaning supplies after Donald Trump's comments on Thursday." date: "2020-04-24" modified: "2020-04-24" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/lysol-begs-customers-not-drink-cleaning-products" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "cleaning" - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "disinfectant" - "donald trump" --- # Lysol Begs Customers Not to Drink Its Cleaning Products ![The company behind brands Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to ingest its cleaning supplies after Donald Trump's comments on Thursday.]() *\Image: Victor Tangermann\* Reckitt Benckiser, the British company behind the cleaning product brands Lysol and Dettol, is urging customers not to consume its cleaning supplies after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested scientists should try to inject COVID patients with disinfectants. No, we're not making this up. In [a statement](), the company was forced to reiterate that Lysol wipes should not be on the menu. "As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)," the company wrote. Trump made a series of mind-boggling claims on Thursday about injecting cleaning products — [and even UV light]() — into the human body, without basing any of them on any scientific evidence or even common sense. "And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in one minute," Trump said, as [quoted by *CNN*](). "Is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning... it would be interesting to check that. It sounds interesting to me." It's a delusional statement that may well cause some who don't know better to put themselves at risk — and at the worst time possible. On Monday — days before Trump's rant — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that poison center calls related to cleaners and disinfectants were [up 20 percent]() over last year, which is likely related to fear of the coronavirus. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()