The Hot Zone

Why is bleach poured down the drain after blood?

Chap 23

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From the text: Every time blood went down the drain, they would pour bleach after it— they didn’t want Ebola getting into the Reston sewage system.
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Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 323). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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