Cleaning products directly impact the health of people using them, as well as anyone exposed to the fumes and residues left behind. Almost 30% of U.S. adults have asthma or allergies, and the CDC recommends that bleach and quaternary ammonia compounds not be used around people will these health issues.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The health risks manufacturers don’t want you to know about
Keeping facilities and offices clean and disinfected became even more of a priority during the pandemic and one that is likely to continue to have an impact on attracting and retaining tenants long after. Increased disinfecting practices are critical to reducing the spread of sickness-causing germs, but the ingredients in popular cleaning products, like bleach (sodium hypochlorite) and quaternary ammonium compounds (quats) can be just as dangerous as the illness-causing germs. Case in point: The health impact of daily exposure to the most common cleaning product ingredients has been proven to be the same as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day!
Tenants want safe spaces to live and work
Keeping properties and offices clean and safe from germs is critically important, but you don’t want to unintentionally expose people to harmful chemicals, fumes, and residues that can cause serious health effects. Force of Nature is a multi-purpose cleaner, deodorizer and EPA-registered disinfectant that kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria including Staph, MRSA, Norovirus, Salmonella, Influenza A, Listeria, and Pseudomonas. It’s also on the EPA’s list N, the disinfectants approved for use against SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19. It has no harmful chemicals, fumes, or residues that need to be rinsed, so you can end the compromise between keeping facilities clean and keeping people safe from dangerous cleaning chemicals.
What’s so bad about quats and bleach?
Quats and bleach are the two most common disinfecting ingredients. Quats are effective at killing germs, but they are linked to a host of health risks including triggering asthma and allergy attacks, causing asthma in people who have never had it before, and even causing reproductive and developmental problems based on animal studies. Bleach can be a toxic respiratory irritant that triggers asthma and allergies. The use of disinfectants like quats and bleach just once a week has been shown to increase the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by as much as 32%.