CBC Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Chemical Products and Technology Division (CPTD) represents more than 80 self-funded, chemical-specific groups focused on the business of chemistry.

Mar 18, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center

View activities underway by the chemical industry and to help provide resources to address and fight the impacts of COVID-19.

The Chemical Industry’s Response to a Crisis while in Crisis

Dean Curtis, President and CEO of ICIS
There are many examples where our industry, like humankind, has come together, stepped up and pivoted to support our fight against Covid-19.

CBC Helps Keep U.S. Citizens Safe with COVID-19 Resources

The Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) is helping federal, state, and local health agencies – as well as the general public – to fight back against the spread of COVID-19. Declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “ public health emergency of international concern,” CBC is playing an important role in this effort by providing a wide variety of information and resources to the public.

CBC’s COVID-19 resources are abundant and include information and guidance from its members, other industry organizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), and many other agencies and industry organizations. CBC is focused on providing reliable, up-to-date information ranging from facts and safety information to protocols and guidelines for reopening a variety of public and private spaces.

For example, as a public service, CBC has compiled a list of more than 1,000 ready-to-use, dilutable, and wipeable biocidal products that are approved by EPA as effective at killing viruses like COVID-19. Listing is voluntary and CBC staff verify that each antimicrobial product is in compliance with EPA’s “emerging viral pathogen” guidance. CBC is working with federal and state officials to disseminate the list and make it accessible to the public.

“The 2019 novel coronavirus is not your typical household cold, and members of the CBC are here to help,” said Komal K. Jain, Executive Director of CBC. “We know it is concerning that this virus is having widespread impact. Our members have spent decades conducting research to develop products that can be used safely and are effective in cases such as the Coronavirus outbreak. There are antimicrobial products in the market that have been tested against hundreds of pathogens in order to facilitate rapid identification of products that EPA presumes will be effective against novel pathogens in instances such as the current outbreak.

The CBC has worked to develop a variety of material that showcases the purpose, power, and intent of antimicrobials. Below please find links to all of CBC’s communications products along with a broad variety of government and industry resources for COVID-related information.