Women who clean at home or work face increased lung function decline

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13. No, I can't recall that name, but I remember the quats, they were terrible!

Quaternary ammonium compounds that were cheap chlorine-based cleaners and sanitizers which were also absorbed through the skin and irritated human tissues like eyes and airways. The EU banned some products, and finally the US took a baby step to ban certain chemicals from certain products.

Then there was pHisoHex, those little green bottles were at every sink in every hospital back in the day, but it actually grew resistant bacteria inside the bottle. We always removed the lid and sniffed, then shined a light inside to check, they finally discovered that the antibacterial cleaner was also killing some people, too, and then it was banned.