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Triclosan, Triclocarban Concern
transect points: Triclosan, Triclocarban Concern

transect points: Triclosan Update

“We’ve been using triclocarban for almost half a century at rates approaching 1 million pounds per year, but we have essentially no idea of what exactly happens to the compound after we flush it down the drain,”
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“Along with its chemical cousin triclosan, the antimicrobial compound triclocarban should be added to the list of polychlorinated organic compounds that deserve our attention due to unfavorable environmental characteristics, which include long-term persistence and potential bioaccumulation.

Triclocarban, for example, has an estimated half-life of 1.5 years in aquatic sediments. Do the potential benefits of antimicrobial products outweigh their known environmental and human health risks? This is a scientifically complex question consumers, knowingly or unknowingly, answer to everyday in the checkout line of the grocery store,” said Dr. Halden.

Beyond Pesticides

If you look carefully you will find them in a surprising range of products including antibacterial soaps, deodorants, toothpaste, mouthwash, even dish soap and cutting boards. You won’t have to look far; over 70% of the liquid soaps contain Triclosan.

A Better Way To Clean » Blog Archive » Take a Stand on Triclosan

More than a million pounds of antimicrobial chemicals from soap and other products flow into the nation's sewers every year. Do these compounds pose a risk?
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New data puncture that conclusion: 50 percent of triclosan and 76 percent of triclocarban remain unchanged by aerobic and anaerobic digestion in a typical wastewater facility,
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Overall, Halden's team estimates that more than 100,000 pounds of triclosan and over 300,000 pounds of triclocarban are spread on the ground as sludge each year in the United States,

Recent studies show that triclosan acts like an antibiotic in the way it kills bacteria and may contribute to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Chemically, triclosan is almost the same as some of the most toxic chemicals on earth: dioxins, PCB's, and Agent Orange. Its manufacturing process may produce dioxin, a powerful hormone-disrupting chemical with toxic effects in the parts per trillion (one drop in 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools!).

Triclosan is a chlorophenol, a class of chemicals suspected of causing cancer in humans
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Triclosan is stored in body fat. "It can accumulate to toxic levels,

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