Following tricky triclosan: Antibacterial product flows through streams, crops
Don’t know how much good antibacterials do on a household level but I’m still waiting for all the harm they were supposed to cause to public health.
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Anti-chemical industry pushes feds to ban triclosan from anti-bacterial products
It used to be anti-bacterial resistance. Now it’s endocrine disruption. Either way, it’s always junk science.
Lake Triclosan?
“Antibacterial agent used in common soaps found in increasing amounts in freshwater lakes.”
Scared of Soap?
Angela Logomasini writes often and well on environmental regs for Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). Here she discusses the antibacterial Triclosan chemophobe scare recently rebooted by the EPA and anxious enviros. http://cei.org/onpoint/green-campaign-against-triclosan-dangerous-and-regressive
'Poisoned Profits': Recycled Junk Science
By Steven Milloy August 7, 2008, FoxNews.com Former New York Times environmental reporter Phil Shabecoff is so green he even recycles debunked health scares. Shabecoff’s new book, “Poisoned Profits: How Corporate America Is Poisoning Our Children With Toxic Chemicals,” claims to “reveal the frightening and expanding dimension of children’s chronic illnesses in the U.S. and … Continue reading 'Poisoned Profits': Recycled Junk Science
Study Disproves Antibacterial Soap Scare
By Steven Milloy September 22, 2005, FoxNews.com “Antibacterial Soaps Are Safe, New Study Says,” is not a headline that you should count on seeing anytime soon — even though it’s true.
Disinfecting the anti-bacteria debate
By Steven Milloy July 27, 2000, Washington Times Are we too clean? Should we make homes safer for germs? That is the message you’ll get from today’s National Health Council conference, “Antibiotic Resistance: A Serious Public Health Threat.” But there is more to this message than its messenger will disclose.