Triclosan Article

I got this from Evan yesterday.  Every once in awhile he does something that makes me think he doesn't totally think I'm a crazy hippie.  This is an article about how Proctor and Gamble is going to remove the harmful antibacterial chemical Triclosan from some of their products. They plan to phase it out of their products by 2014 but as of now there is no plan to remove it from Colgate Total toothpaste.  Triclosan is an antibacterial chemical that
it harmful to not only the environment (it's getting in our water supply as well as lakes and rivers) but also our health.  This endocrine disruptor has been shown to cause problems with reproductive health as well as thyroid function.  Think it doesn't affect you? "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found that triclosan is present in the urine of 75% of the U.S. population, with concentrations that have increased by 50% since 2004. Studies even show that triclosan can react with the chlorine in tap water to form chloroform at rates of exposure considered significant by the authors of the research."

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=11848
Check out the entire article here.  Happy Thursday!