EPA adds two increased-risk products (Technical Sodium Chlorite and Aquaox Disinfectant 525) to “List N”

Today EPA added Technical Sodium Chlorite and Aquaox Disinfectant 525 to List N. Both are the only products of their manufacturers (DRS Laboratories Inc and Aquaox LLC, respectively) to appear on List N.

Neither was registered for residential use, serving only Healthcare and Institutional settings.

Technical Sodium Chlorite was registered as a pesticide with the EPA in 2005: https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/005382-00042-20050413.pdf

While Aquaox Disinfectant 525 is a more recent chlorine-based product, registered in 2018: https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/093392-00002-20180823.pdf