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Should You Allow The Application Of Chemical Biocide Inside Air Ducts?

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This is a good question and a relevant one if you are about to get your air ducts cleaned by you or by a licensed cleaning service. There is no EPA registered biocide currently in the list that could be introduced on fiberglass board or ducts with fiberglass lining. However air duct cleaning Miami will be able to determine as they will obviously use chemicals to clean ducts and tell you so.   The apparent reason is to kill germs like bacteria or mold and also eradicate them from reappearing in the future.Some duct cleaning service will introduce ozone to kill them and it is a highly reactive gas applied and regulated on the air outside as lung irritant. Considerable amount of controversy appears in the necessity of using these chemicals for duct cleaning.    Regulation of chemical biocides is with EPA jurisdiction under Federal pesticide law and it is mandatory for products to be registered with the body for particular use. Before it can be used legally for a purpose the ch