May be toxic to those on Antabuse. Organic material blunts its effectiveness. May destroy some viruses, but not others. Also has a bad taste. The phenol coefficient was used to compare the effectiveness of one compound against that of phenol for killing bacteria.
Phenols are very good at killing gram positive bacteria.
Lysol is a form of a phenolic disinfectant that is useful against gram positives. Desenex contains the latter. When using Desenex, throw out your old shoes, pour in enough powder into new shoes that breathe that when you put your foot in, a small white cloud forms. Figure 1 and Figure 2 illustrate the electromagnetic spectrum and how ultrasound is supposed to work. Figure 2 shows what happens when an ultrasound probe is inserted into an ultrasound generator, then into a solution.