Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I felt compelled to share my thoughts on these insidious wipes... After receiving them in the mail, I opened the package, pulled a wipe, and smelled a chemical odor emanating from them. It was the same smell of those industrial antibacterial wipes used for cleaning the equipment at the gym I used to work out at. It's a faint odor, but when you know that smell it's hard to forget it. I turned over the package to see these ingredients listed in fine print: Octyl Decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 0.03990 Dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 0.01995 Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride 0.01995 Alkyl (50% C14, 40% C12, 10% C16) dimethyl benzyl Ammonium Chloride 0.05320 Inert Ingredients 99.86700 I did some research and discovered that these are known as quaternary ammonium compounds or quats for short. There's so many health risks associated with these synthetic disinfectants I can't believe Medela would add them to a wipe that's used for cleaning food equipment, let alone for a delicate baby. Simply put, there's no way I'd risk the health of my loved one for added convenience so these are going in the trash. Sad. "Quats are efficient at 'sticking' or adhering to surfaces and substrates. This means they leave a residue that's potentially harmful to the health and the environment. " No wonder Medela DOESN'T CLAIM THESE TO BE RESIDUE FREE. If I could find out this information in ten minutes so could they. There's no excuse to expose our most vulnerable one's to these synthetic chemicals with so many alarming studies. The wipes were also too big and wet for my preference, they simply smeared the milk and left a white soapy film. Please think for yourself and your family. I've learned not to place trust in most companies, no matter how large they are. A baby's health is worth so much more than convenience. I'll happily pass on these wipes. "The other thing is that quats will linger on a surface long after you have cleaned with them. This means that your exposure (and your kids’ exposure, and your pet’s exposure) continues every time you touch that countertop. In the mice experiments I mentioned above, it took months of re-sanitizing the animal cages that had originally been cleaned with quats until the mice were reproducing normally again. Yikes. Again there is a reason that disinfectant wipes with quats also RECOMMEND AGAINST USING THEM ON ANY FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES (like cutting boards, plates or cutlery, high chair trays etc.) BECAUSE THESE POTENT CHEMICALS CAN CONTAMINATE THE FOOD THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH, EVEN WELL AFTER CLEANING IS DONE." - Alex Scranton Director of Science and Research Please do your homework, your little one is depending on you and your ability to care enough to read about the exposures that may affect their health, it's on you and no one else.