Quaternary Ammonium Compounds?

[mariane]

My sister is taking down her pool and gave me all her pool chemicals. Included in the "pool stored" stuff, she also gave me a jug of Champion Pool Winterizer which had no list of ingredients on it. When I googled it, it came up "Quaternary Ammonium Compounds" as the ingredient. Further searching resulted in websites and pdf documents
http://www.champakinc.com/pdf/pool_products/pool_winter.pdf
http://www.sheltermedicine.vet.cornell.edu/resources/documents/UsingBleach.pdf
http://www.nalco.com/documents/Product-Stewardship-Summaries/Quatemary_Ammonium_Compounds.pdf

Is there any benefit in using it or should I toss it?
Thanks for your input,
Mariane

 

[JVTrain]

I would take them to your closest HHW facility and get rid of them. They are algaecides, just not very good ones because of the formulation and low concentrations.

 

[mariane]

Thanks JVTrain.
I should have figured it, that she was "pool stored" when they told her she needed it.