That’s true. For air and surface cleaning the smell is much weaker because the total amounts are much smaller. And it fades very quickly, because it decomposes to saline as it dries. You can safely disinfect a room with people still in it. In some places, businesses do so a few times a day. It can be used as a laundry additive, too. The effect on mammalian cells isn’t zero, but it is much lower than for bacterial, viral, and fungal cells. It’s one of the compounds your body produces internally as a nonspecific antimicrobial.
For reference, hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is the activated agent of “swimming pool chlorine”, with the characteristic smell.
That’s true. For air and surface cleaning the smell is much weaker because the total amounts are much smaller. And it fades very quickly, because it decomposes to saline as it dries. You can safely disinfect a room with people still in it. In some places, businesses do so a few times a day. It can be used as a laundry additive, too. The effect on mammalian cells isn’t zero, but it is much lower than for bacterial, viral, and fungal cells. It’s one of the compounds your body produces internally as a nonspecific antimicrobial.