news: triclosan strikes back.

A few months ago, I posted a study I found on Mother Earth News and in the Smithsonian Magazine about triclosan and its effects. I was a little horrified and resolved not to use soaps marks "antibacterial" anymore.  I don't know if you've tried looking at soap ingredient labels, but they aren't there on most brands, and I don't want to accidentally be using triclosan on my dishes and hands. All "antibacterial" soaps left our home! (And we didn't even really notice the difference, to be honest.  I do most of the necessity shopping, and Husband hasn't said anything.)

Well, Friday morning on my commute to work, I saw a blurb in the metro newspaper about triclosan.  When I got a chance, I looked up the longer version of the story and thought I would share it with you.

A few lovely snippets:

"It’s a chemical that’s been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby’s basinet.

But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan — the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of antibacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. — is ineffective, or worse, harmful."

"The FDA’s website currently states that 'the agency does not have evidence that triclosan in antibacterial soaps and body washes provides any benefit over washing with regular soap and water.'"



Find the full story here.

How crazy that it's just now being fully researched!