Best known as the active ingredient in antimicrobial hand soaps, triclosan is also used as an antibacterial agent in toothpaste, deodorants, laundry detergent, facial tissues, antiseptics for wounds, and medical devices.
It is used as a material preservative to ward off bacteria, fungus, mildew, and odors in household items like toys, paints, mattresses, clothing, toilet bowls, and furniture fabric.
Now the Environmental Working Group has called triclosan a toxic pesticide, with ominous hints of carcinogenicity, and has demanded that federal agencies ban it from consumer goods.
"A toxic pesticide linked to serious health problems should not be in our soap or toothpastes," contends EWG scientist Rebecca Sutton, Ph.D. "It's time to ban triclosan from all personal care and household products."
For more go to: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/EnvironmentalHealth/tb/10269
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I didn't know that about triclosan! Wow. It's not just in hand soaps, I just checked my shower gel and my facial bar for ance-prone skin - it's there, too!
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