Lysol cleaning supplies have been some of the most sought-after products during the coronavirus pandemic. Americans are doing everything they can to stave off infection. But the maker of the products advises against ingesting them, no matter what President Donald Trump suggests.

One day after Trump suggested that injecting disinfectants could help fight COVID-19, Reckitt Benckiser, the company that makes Lysol, released a statement warning not to follow that advice.

“As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route),” the statement reads. “As with all products, our disinfectant and hygiene products should only be used as intended and in line with usage guidelines. Please read the label and safety information.”

Trump’s comments about disinfectants came during a bizarre press briefing in which he also wondered aloud about “ultraviolet or just a very powerful light” as a treatment for coronavirus and if you “brought the light inside the body.” He didn’t specify what disinfectants he was talking about, but suggested they could be injected.

“I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump said. "As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.”

Pressed for the logic of his statements on Friday, Trump insisted he was being sarcastic.

Trump, per White House pool, said this afternoon that he wasn’t serious about using disinfectants to treat the virus: he said he was saying it “sarcastically” to “reporters just like you to see what would happen.” — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 24, 2020

The comments about disinfectants are the latest in Trump’s speculation about treatments. He’s drawn major criticism for promoting use of the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatment, which led the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning about taking them outside of hospital or clinical trial settings following reports of “serious” poisoning and deaths.

Trump’s disinfectant comments come two years after the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which featured people putting laundry detergent pods in their mouths and posting it on the internet, with at least 10 deaths reported.

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Jeremy Schneider may be reached at jschneider@njadvancemedia.com.