Standard practice to use Ethylene Oxide for medical sterilization. I guess if you don't want your swabs sterile that's your constitutional right. Defend your freedoms.
Also, I enjoy Cassandra S. Dunn wearing the night camouflage American Flag hat with the curved bill. Apparently she is medical Special Forces, more patriotic than the rest of us, and should therefore be assumed not to be a lunatic.
YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram will be pointed to in 50 years as the beginning of the end of intelligent life. The fact that any moron can reach more people than Walter Cronkite could, with no vetting and no recourse is tragic.
https://healthfeedback.org/claimrevi...ed-before-use/
Responding to a Freedom of Information request about the safety of ethylene oxide used in nasal swab sterilization, the MHRA stated that contact time for ethylene oxide exposure is divided into the categories limited, prolonged, and permanent duration, while the type of contact is divided into surface contacting and implant. Swabs used for COVID-19 tests fall into the category of “limited contact time” and “surface contacting”.
The MHRA also explained that on average, contact time with a nasal swab for a single test is around 20 seconds. If a person is tested twice a week, this person is exposed to any residual ethylene oxide for around 40 seconds per week. This contact time still falls within the category of “limited contact”, and a person would have to be tested twice weekly for over 40 years in order for the total contact time to fall under the “higher contact” category. The MHRA also stated:
“In the highly unlikely event that a swab does contain a residual amount above the allowable limit, the risk to the user is still considered to be very low. This is because, to be on the safe side, the limits of residue were deliberately set to be much lower than the limit thought to be a risk of causing cancer.”
https://www.who.int/medical_devices/...t_equip_31.pdf