by Brenda Watson | Jun 2, 2014 | Antibiotic resistance, Environmental Toxins
Do you have a bottle of antimicrobial soap on your sink because you think that it’s the best way to kill 99.99 percent of germs? A little compound called triclosan is the antimicrobial responsible for the germ-killing effects of antimicrobial soaps, and it is also...
by Brenda Watson | Oct 26, 2012 | General
Antimicrobial ingredients are added to a wide range of personal care and cleaning products to kill the germs, and, so we think, keep us safe. The reality is that the widespread use of these ingredients—most notably triclosan and triclocarban—is thought to contribute...
by lsmith | Dec 29, 2010 | General
“It is possible for a person to be too clean for their own good.” This is a recent quote from Allison Aiello, visiting associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard, who is studying the effect of frequent handwashing with antimicrobial soap containing triclosan, or...
