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Risks of benzalkonium chlorides as emerging contaminants in the environment and possible control strategies from the perspective of ecopharmacovigilance

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Absence of effects of different types of detergents on the cholinesterasic activity and histological markers of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) after a sub-lethal chronic exposure

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Effects of chronic exposure to benzalkonium chloride in Oncorhynchus mykiss: cholinergic neurotoxicity, oxidative stress, peroxidative damage and genotoxicity

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Quaternary ammonium disinfectants cause subfertility in mice by targeting both male and female reproductive processes

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Identification of Environmental Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Direct Inhibitors of Cholesterol Biosynthesis

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Benzalkonium runoff from roofs treated with biocide products - In situ pilot-scale study

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Personal care product preservatives: Risk assessment and mixture toxicities with an industrial wastewater

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Identification and Composition of Emerging Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Municipal Sewage Sludge in China

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Exposure to common quaternary ammonium disinfectants decreases fertility in mice

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Microbial community adaptation to quaternary ammonium biocides as revealed by metagenomics

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Long-Term Exposure to Benzalkonium Chloride Disinfectants Results in Change of Microbial Community Structure and Increased Antimicrobial Resistance

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Antidiabetic II Drug Metformin in Plants: Uptake and Translocation to Edible Parts of Cereals, Oily Seeds, Beans, Tomato, Squash, Carrots, and Potatoes

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Comparative study on toxic effects induced by oral or intravascular administration of commonly used disinfectants and surfactants in rats

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Screening of emerging contaminants and priority substances (2008/105/EC) in reclaimed water for irrigation and groundwater in a volcanic aquifer (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain)

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Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) and dimethyldioctadecyl-ammonium bromide (DDAB), two common quaternary ammonium compounds, cause genotoxic effects in mammalian and plant cells at environmentally relevant concentrations

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