~ Ask Dr. Nandi- Why parents should be cautious when using household disinfectants – YouTube
- Antibacterial wipes can spread superbugs: study – Reuters
- Disinfecting Wipes May Spread, Not Kill, Germs – ABC News
- Do Disinfectant Wipes Actually Kill Germs? More than one wipe is required for a full clean. – The Active Times
- Germicidal Wipes Can Spread Bacteria – CBS News
- Germicidal Wipes Can Spread Bacteria – WebMD
- How cleaning with wipes may actually SPREAD deadly bacteria, including MRSA – Daily Mail Online
- Proper Use Of Wipes Kills Germs, Improper Use Could Spread Them – CBS Pittsburgh
- Consumer ALERT: Disinfecting wipes are loaded with pesticides – NaturalHealth365
- Consumer Reports Says Disinfecting Wipes May Be Dangerous For Children – KXLF4
- Why Parents Should Be Cautious When Using Household Disinfectants Disinfecting wipes can help eliminate some germs, but they also contain EPA-registered pesticides – Consumer Reports
- Don’t wipe out: The hidden hazards of antibacterial wipes – Environmental Working Group
- Researchers Sound Alarm About Harmful Chemicals in Common Disinfectants – Children’s Health Defense
- Schools Increase Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight COVID Despite Health Impacts on Children – Children’s Health Defense
- The Dirty Truth About Disinfecting Wipes – VITAL OXIDE
- The sickening truth about disinfecting wipes: They are made from toxic ingredients that can cause cancer – Cancer News
- The Trouble with Disinfecting Wipes – Environmental Working Group
- What You Don’t Know Will Definitely Endanger You – Disinfecting Wipes Contain Toxic Ingredients That May Cause Cancer – Doctor Farrah
~ Don’t Use Clorox Wipes! – YouTube
- Back to School Lessons- Avoiding Disinfectant Wipes with Quats – Women’s Voices for the Earth
- Cleaning with Pesticides? Quit the Quats! – Women’s Voices for the Earth
- Consumers, quats and COVID-19- Are disinfectant products safe? – Phys.org
- Disinfectant Overkill Focus on Quats – Women’s Voices for the Earth
- Disinfectant Overkill? What are “Quats” and why are they a problem? – Womens Voices for the Earth
- Do we know enough about the safety of quat disinfectants? – Chemical and Engineering News
- Quats in public spaces. Are you being exposed- – Women’s Voices for the Earth
- What in the quat is in your disinfecting wipes? – Lemi Shine
- Facts on Quats (ammonium quaternary compounds). What are they and why should you be concerned? – Womens Voices for the Earth – PDF
- Quats in Public Spaces – Womens Voices for the Earth – PDF
~ Webinar: COVID-19, Cleaning Products & Your Health – YouTube
- Altered Toxicological Endpoints in Humans with Quaternary Ammonium Compound Exposure – medRxiv
- Ambient and Dosed Exposure to Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants Causes Neural Tube Defects in Rodents – Wiley Online Library
- Efficacy of disinfectant-impregnated wipes used for surface disinfection in hospitals: a review – PMC – NIH
- Exposure to common quaternary ammonium disinfectants decreases fertility in mice – ScienceDirect
- Identification of Environmental Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Direct Inhibitors of Cholesterol Biosynthesis – Toxicological Sciences
- In Vitro Evaluation of Mitochondrial Function and Estrogen Signaling in Cell Lines Exposed to the Antiseptic Cetylpyridinium Chloride – NIH
- Lab disinfectant harms mouse fertility – Nature
- Multiomics Investigation Reveals Benzalkonium Chloride Disinfectants Alter Sterol and Lipid Homeostasis in the Mouse Neonatal Brain – Toxilogical Sciences
- Quantitative assessment of airborne exposures generated during common cleaning tasks- a pilot study – Environmental Health
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds – an overview – ScienceDirect Topics
- Quaternary ammonium disinfectants cause subfertility in mice by targeting both male and female reproductive processes – Science Direct