Look at the label on your cleaning product to see if it's harming your brain

In Short

• Studies show cleaning products may contain harmful 'quats'
• Quats, found in many cleaning products, can disrupt cell membranes of viruses, bacteria
• Exposure to quats may increase risk of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cleaning can be therapy for many of us, and sometimes, looking at that clean countertop or tackling the corner of your room that you've been avoiding for days can be all you need to calm your brain.

However, what if we told you that studies have shown that the cleaning products you've been using may contain a 'brain-altering chemical'?

• This compound is called quaternary ammonium compounds, aka “quats”.
• To simply put, quats belong to a category of chemicals found in certain households of our cleaning products.