Amplified hygiene and precautionary measures are of utmost importance to control the
spread of COVID-19 and future infection; however, these changes in practice are projected …

Compounds with antimicrobial activity have gained much attention in research due to the
outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Quaternary ammonium salts (QASs) are …

The COVID-19 pandemic has called for the increased use of disinfectants worldwide in
public facilities, transportation, hospitals, nursing homes, wastewater treatment facilities, and …

Benzalkonium chloride is a concern because of its widespread use combined with
environmental impacts. It has been found throughout the built and natural environment in …

Water pollution threatens environment and human health. Common polymer-based sorbents
are used to trap pollutants by these sorbents are difficult to separate from treated water and …

The wide application of plastics led to the wide exposure of plasticizers to the environment.
As a new environmental pollutant, plasticizers' toxicity researches were far from enough in …

Disinfectants and their mixtures can induce hormesis. However, how the mixture hormesis is
related to those of components and the interactions in disinfectant mixtures remain unclear …

Bacterial infection and oxidative stress hinder clinical wound healing. Therefore, wound
dressings with antibacterial and antioxidative properties are urgently needed. In this study, a …

The genotoxicity, development toxicity, carcinogenicity, and acute or chronic toxic effects of
glutaraldehyde (GA), particularly during occupational exposure through its use as a fixative …

In the current study, the toxic material Poly-hexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride (PHMB)
has been characterized by UV–Visible and infrared spectroscopy in different solvent …