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This is an example of why any kind of attempt to clean a Standard Shower head cannot be done. You cannot see inside to have any time of confirmation of bacteria free or when ridden with bacteria. Too many places to hide. These took hours to took hours to take apart without smashing to pieces. As for testing, can you name 1 Standard Showerhead Company like Kohler, American Standard or Grohe that HAS tested their showerhead for mycobacteria? As an engineer, when something comes apart, we look for "Witness Marks" Area's where things were. An enclosed Shower Head, unless you make it rubble, you cannot see or test any witness marks. I welcome the challenge of any scientist/microbiologist that states bleaching, vinegar or whatever can ameliorate this problem. Science is proof. Hence why I offer a free Shower Head to Mayo Clinic to Test. Maybe someone on this forum will have them take me up on it.
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I just fill a large baggie with cleaning strenth vinegar and wore tie it around the shower head and let it soak for several hours.
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"As for testing, can you name 1 Standard Showerhead Company like Kohler, American Standard or Grohe that HAS tested their showerhead for mycobacteria?"
Steve, as far as I know, no other company is making any claim that their showerheads are free of mycobacteria. Since you are, I asked whether you had your product tested after significant home use - to prove your theory. If the major marketing "hook" is absence of specific pathogens, isn't the minimum proof impartial testing by an independent lab?
For myself, I have decided that since mycobacteria is ubiquitous, eliminating it from the showerhead is not going to eliminate it from my life, so I have decided it's not something i plan to worry about. I take reasonable precautions and go on with my life. Both my pulmonologist and ID doc approve of my approach. Other people may reach a different conclusion.