This Guardian story on disinfectants got lost in the headlines this past week

[superpatriotman]

Common disinfectant wipes expose people to dangerous chemicals, research reveals

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/11/concern-over-increase-in-disinfectant-wipes-linked-to-health-problems

...disinfectants did little to protect consumers from Covid, and were instead exposing kids at alarming levels to what they say are a dangerous chemical group – quaternary ammonium compounds, also known as QACs, or “quats”...

...in a new peer-reviewed paper, the researchers assembled the conclusions from a fast-growing body of quat studies that point to several main issues: the chemicals are linked to serious health problems, they contribute to antimicrobial resistance, they pollute the environment and they are not particularly effective...

[jimfields33]

1. We had it here earlier in the week.

Kinda late to have a study after the country used tons of wipes everywhere during the pandemic.

[ret5hd]

2. Why is new knowledge considered "late"?

[BlackSkimmer]

4. I think his point is that it's kind of late to have such a study?

Maybe two years ago?

But I'm guessing there's nothing new about this knowledge. I never did the wiping down of groceries, the leaving deliveries outside, and so much of that other crap now considered next to useless.

[ret5hd]

5. I dunno...you find out something new...

then you change your actions…regardless of what you did in the past.

“Oh, I see RoundUp is bad for the environment. Too bad I used it in the past…I am now forever obligated to use it in the future. It’s in the contract I signed…somewhere towards the back.”

[BlackSkimmer]

3. No kidding!

Talk about a day late and a dollar short!

No doubt Clorox et al. didn't want that information getting out. The price of bleach has increased a LOT since the pandemic.