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Disinfectants and cleaning products harboring toxic chemicals are widely used despite lack of screening for potential health hazards

  • Written by Courtney Carignan, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University
Disinfectants and cleaning products harboring toxic chemicals are widely used despite lack of screening for potential health hazardsQuaternary ammonium compounds can linger on surfaces and in indoor air and dust long after the disinfectant has dried.Guido Mieth/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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