November
13, 2005 - Get
the real dirt on cleaning hands
Source: Battle Creek Enquirer
November 16, 2005 - No
paper towels, no soap, no problem? Nope.
Source: The Tufts Daily
October 26, 2005 - FDA
Should Ban Antibacterial Products, Some Groups Say
Source: Kansas City infoZine
October 20, 2005 - Antibacterial Soaps are a Washout, Declared FDA Panel
Source: medpageTODAY
October 20, 2005 - FDA Nonperscription Drugs Advisory Committee - Antiseptic Products for Consumer Use
Source: FDA
October 10, 2005 - 2005P-0432: Ban all non-medical uses of Triclosan, also known as Irgasan
Source: FDA
April
22, 2005 - Colgate in
spotlight amid triclosan concerns
Source: MSNBC
April 21, 2005 - What's
the truth about... triclosan?
Source: The Telegraph
April 16, 2005 - New
Triclosan Problems
Source: Mike The Mad Biologist, Blog
April 15, 2005 - Being
Too Clean Could Be Hazardous To Your Health And The Environment
Source: Virginia Tech
April 6, 2005 - When
chlorine + antimicrobials = unintended consequences
Source: Environmental Science & Technology
-Mirror
(PDF)
Winter 2004 - Industrial
Chemistry and the Environment: Triclosan (PDF)
Source: Joy McCourt, York University, Toronto, Canada
December 13, 2004 - The
Ubiquitous Triclosan: A common antibacterial agent exposed (PDF)
Source: Beyond Pesticides
October 18, 2004 - Triclosan
Plan
Source: The Environmental Agency, UK Government
November 2, 2003 - Supermarkets to ban
toxic detergent
Source: Sunday Herald
April 14, 2003 - Sunlight
converts common anti-bacterial agent to dioxin
Source: EurekAlert! - University of Minnesota press release
August 18, 2002 - The overuse of antibiotics has unleashed 'The Killers
Within'
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 27, 2000 - Popularity
of germ fighter raises concern
Source: Science News - Report on American Society for Microbiology
conference
May 10, 1999 - Battling
Bugs in the Home
Source: U.S. News & World Report
August 5, 1998 - Study:
Germ-fighting chemical could create harmful bacteria
Source: CNN
April 18, 1997 - EPA
Acts to prevent Playskool toy manufacturer Hasbro, Inc., from false
claims about protection children from microbial infections
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
