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Disinfectants play an important role in preventing the spread of serious infectious diseases. However, recent publications have linked popular cleaning products to the development of adverse health effects.
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2020
By: Sam Hawthorne
Most common cleaners contain carcinogens and “quaternary ammonium compounds” or QACs (1) which are often masked as ingredients ending in “ammonium chloride”. New research has shown that prolonged exposure to QAC’s have the potential to cause serious and preventable health effects, such as
However, what’s most alarming is the EPA saying how QACs pose a threat to the health and development of fetuses and young children, with researchers estimating that 5% of childhood cancer and 30% of childhood asthma are related to chemical exposures ₍₈₎.
Additional studies have also suggested that QACs have been linked to infertility issues ₍₆₎ and endocrine disruptions ₍₇₎, which may lead to birth defects and developmental disorders (such as spina bifida).
The EWG, a non-profit organization focused on healthy living and a healthy environment, showed how many common cleaning products can damage your health (9):
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Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health. 2015. Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Cleaning Products: Health & Safety Information for Cleaners and Supervisors. Accessed Jun. 2020 at: https://med.nyu.edu/pophealth/sites/default/files/pophealth/QACs%20Info%20for%20Workers_18.pdf
Warshaw, EM, et al. 2007. Contact dermatitis of the hands: cross-sectional analyses of North American Contact Dermatitis Group Data, 1994-2004. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 57 (2): p. 301-314.
Perrenoud, D, et al. 1994. Frequency of sensitization to 13 common preservatives in Switzerland. Contact Dermatitis. 30 (5): p. 276-9.
Rosenman, K. 2008. Disinfectants and Asthma. Project SENSOR. Accessed Jun. 2020 at: http://www.oem.msu.edu/userfiles/file/News/v20n1.pdf
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2006. Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Alkyl Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride (ADBAC) accessed Jun. 2020 at: http://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/adbac_red.pdf
Melin, V., et al. 2016. Quaternary ammonium disinfectants cause subfertility in mice by targeting both male and female reproductive processes. Reproductive Toxicology. 59: p. 159-166 accessed Jun. 2020 at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623815300319
Hrubec, T.C. 2017. Ambient and Dosed Exposure to Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants Causes Neural Tube Defects in Rodents. Birth Defects Research. 109 (14) accessed Jun. 2020 at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bdr2.1064
University of California San Francisco School of Nursing’s Institute for Health & Aging. 2013. Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting Toolkit for Early Care and Education. Accessed Jun. 2020 at: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/ece_curriculumfinal.pdf
The Environmental Group. 2016. Announcing EWG’s Updated Guide to Healthy Cleaning, Spring 2016. Accessed on Jun. 2020 at: https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/content/spring_2016_update/#
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Noszticzius, Z., et al. 2013. Chlorine dioxide is a size-selective antimicrobial agent. PloS one, 8 (11), e79157. Accessed Jun 2020 at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079157
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 2004.. Public Health Statement for Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorite. Accessed Jun. 2020 at https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=580&tid=108
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2008. Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities. Accessed Apr. 2020 at https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/sterilization/other-methods.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Chlorine Dioxide and Sodium Chlorite. Accessed Apr. 2020 at https://archive.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/web/pdf/chlorine_dioxide_red.pdf
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