Pick up the disinfectant spray under your sink and check the active ingredient. If it lists Benzalkonium Chloride, Alkyl Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride, or any compound ending in "ammonium chloride," you are looking at a...

Sodium hypochlorite is effective. That has never been the question. Household bleach disinfects surfaces at 3-8% concentrations. It is also the number one cause of cleaning-related poison control calls in the United States. The American...

Three abbreviations on your ingredient list, MEA, DEA, or TEA, represent a class of chemicals that can react with other ingredients to form nitrosamines, which are known carcinogens. Ethanolamines are workhorses in conventional cleaning products....

Three products sit next to each other on a store shelf. One says "fragrance free." The next says "unscented." The third says "no added fragrance." They look like they are promising the same thing. They...

In 2016, the FDA banned triclosan from consumer antiseptic wash products after years of research on thyroid disruption and antibiotic resistance. But triclosan was one compound in a larger class. Phenols remain in disinfectants, mouthwash,...