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- Does hydrogen peroxide or benzalkonium chloride pollute the environment, or are they bad for aquatic life?
We have to go to a hospital quite a lot these days, and that hospital offers treatment for COVID-19. We have to take additional precautions due to this reason. In addition to washing our hands/keeping them sanitised, we also need to disinfect our clothes properly after every visit.
Till date, we have used the usual antiseptic liquid (which contains chloroxylenol) to disinfect our clothes. However, I decided to buy a laundry disinfectant instead. I had two choices on Amazon.in: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0835LLD8G/?tag=pfamazon01-20 and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0874ZBZWV/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
One person https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/R2B0VJU51D/?tag=pfamazon01-20 in the Reviews section that choice #1 is not safe for the environment, and it is written on the bottle that it has long-lasting adverse effects on aquatic life. So I do not want to buy this one.
Choice #2 contains benzalkonium chloride and hydrogen peroxide as active ingredients. Is anyone of these two harmful for the environment?
Till date, we have used the usual antiseptic liquid (which contains chloroxylenol) to disinfect our clothes. However, I decided to buy a laundry disinfectant instead. I had two choices on Amazon.in: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0835LLD8G/?tag=pfamazon01-20 and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0874ZBZWV/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
One person https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/R2B0VJU51D/?tag=pfamazon01-20 in the Reviews section that choice #1 is not safe for the environment, and it is written on the bottle that it has long-lasting adverse effects on aquatic life. So I do not want to buy this one.
Choice #2 contains benzalkonium chloride and hydrogen peroxide as active ingredients. Is anyone of these two harmful for the environment?