2: Disinfectants-Keeping it Clean and Green!

In which we discuss different methods of disinfecting surfaces: UV light, quaternary ammonium salts, alcohols, chlorine bleaches, hydrogen peroxide and oxygen with an iron catalyst, ozone, and grapefruit seed extract.

Far UV light for disinfection: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-666/

Quaternary ammonium disinfectants: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-09830-cover

Dioxins: https://www.epa.gov/dioxin/learn-about-dioxin

Iron-TAML oxidants, Terrence Collins: https://www.cmu.edu/chemistry/people/faculty/collins.html

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin: https://www.amazon.com/Toms-River-Story-Science-Salvation/dp/055380653X

Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=living+downstream+sandra+steingraber&hvadid=77653144573568&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_2p3lc51fzf_e