Concern about lung damage caused by guanidine cationic disinfectants
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2020.02.001
- VernacularTitle: 关注胍类阳离子消毒剂对肺的损害
- Author:
Weidong QU
1
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of the Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Guanidines;
Lung injury;
Disinfectant
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(2):121-123
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This article summarized the use of guanidine disinfectants in China and the use of guanidine cationic disinfectants, polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), in South Korea, which had caused severe lung damage events such as pulmonary fibrosis. The authors reviewed the studies that Chinese scientists employed ultrasonic atomization technology to simulate the actual scenario of human exposure to PHMG and proved the findings that PHMG could cause pulmonary fibrosis. These results could highlight the necessity of full attention to lung damage caused by guanidine disinfectants and its mechanism, so as to provide the important scientific basis for the protection of public health safety and the formulation of corresponding policies.
