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Disinfectants and Cleaning Products Harboring Toxic Chemicals Are Widely Used Despite Lack of Screening for Potential Health Hazards
By Courtney Carignan Your Health

Disinfectants and Cleaning Products Harboring Toxic Chemicals Are Widely Used Despite Lack of Screening for Potential Health Hazards

The big idea Concerns about unnecessary use of a common class of antimicrobial chemicals used in disinfectants reinforces recommendations to opt for soap and water or safer products, my colleagues and I determined in our recent critical review of the scientific literature. Quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs, are increasingly marketed and used in homes, schools […]

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What’s the Scoop on Kids and Dirt? Get Enough to Help, but Not Enough to Hurt, a Doctor Advises
By Cosby Stone Children

What’s the Scoop on Kids and Dirt? Get Enough to Help, but Not Enough to Hurt, a Doctor Advises

Whenever I am asked what I do for a living, the phrase “I’m an allergist” is almost immediately followed by “So, where are all of these allergies coming from?” Maybe I’ll get sick of that question some day, but I haven’t yet. As a clinician and researcher on allergies and public health, I first explain […]

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