There are entire aisles of stores dedicated to different cleaning products in today’s world. Consumers browse the choices reading what each cleaner does until they find one they think will best handle their intended job. Rarely, if ever, are they thinking about the chemical makeup and the consequences they have when washed down the drain.
One example, quaternary ammonium compounds, often referred to as QACs or “quats,” which are active ingredients found in many common cleaning products used in commercial facilities and increasingly in homes. In commercial kitchens, they are commonly used in three sink-washing processes as the final sanitizer. In
