<p>The Tool Klean Anti-MIcrobial Hot Cup kills germs with high dry heat utilizing glass beads to conduct heat to the center of the aluminum pot raising the temperature to boiling water (212 F) to evenly kill microorganisms on small metal tools such as scissors, nail clippers, tweezers, tattoo art tools, manicure and nail tools. The Hot Cup is small, compact, and portable. It's a great addition for salon or mobile applications.</p> <strong>How to Identify Counterfeit, Uncertified, Unregistered, or Potentially Unsafe Products</strong> <ul><li>Any company must be able to back up the claims they make about about killing pathogens. If they can’t show a lab report backing up their claims, be wary.</li> <li>Any company producing antimicrobial products for sale in the US must be registered with the EPA. This requires being a US company or having a US agent. If a company doesn’t say they produce their products in the USA, proceed with caution.</li> <li>Any legitimate and properly certified company producing sanitization products for US distribution will be able to provide an EPA establishment number. An EPA establishment number with a two-digit code such as NY means the product is produced in that state. A code like CHN means the product is produced in another country. Tool Klean, Inc’s EPA establishment # is 94836-NY-1.</li> <li>Sterilizers must be able to kill 100% (not 99.99%) of pathogens to make objects sterile. Any product claiming to sterilize objects must be able to prove it kills 100% of pathogens. If it kills only 99.9% of pathogens then what it’s doing is sanitization, not sterilization.</li> </ul>