Minnesota bans anti-bacterial chemical from soaps
Source: Associated Press
It's widely used nationwide as a germ-killing ingredient in soaps, deodorants and even toothpaste, but it's being banned in Minnesota.
Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday signed a bill to make Minnesota the first state to prohibit the use of triclosan in most retail consumer hygiene products. The Minnesota House and Senate passed it earlier last week because of health and environmental concerns about the chemical. The ban isn't due to take effect until Jan. 1, 2017, but one of its lead sponsors, state Sen. John Marty, predicted Monday that the odds are good that most manufacturers will phase out triclosan by then anyway.
"While this is an effort to ban triclosan from one of the 50 states, I think it will have a greater impact than that," Marty said.
The Roseville Democrat said other states and the federal government are likely to act, too. And he said come companies are already catching on that there's no marketing advantage to keeping triclosan in its products. He noted that Procter & Gamble's Crest toothpaste is now marketing itself as triclosan-free.
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woodsprite
(11,923 posts)I could go back to buying it!
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/crest.asp
(Snopes rates it as True)
http://www.dentalbuzz.com/2014/03/04/crest-imbeds-plastic-in-our-gums/
(has links to nih.gov for ingredient list of each of the products listed above)
http://stanwood-dentist.com/why-do-crest-toothpastes-contain-unsafe-polyethylene-plastic-particles/
(a dental practice that notes Proctor and Gambles reply)
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Animal studies have shown that triclosan alters hormone regulation. However, data showing effects in animals dont always predict effects in humans. Other studies in bacteria have raised the possibility that triclosan contributes to making bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
lark
(23,147 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)In nature our world needs good bacteria much more than we need none.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)And I'm in Minnesota.
I'm pretty careful about what I put down the drain, but I never considered triclosan before.
I'll have to keep an eye out for it in my toothpaste and dish soap.
Thanks!
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)I wouldn't imagine it was so powerful to wipe out a septic system. Thats cleaning power...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)land/water.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)The only stuff that comes close are things like Brake-Kleen.
There must be some serious stuff in it.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)They changed something in the past couple of years because after a few uses my hands hurt. Sort of a burning sensation but no redness or obvious sign of irritation. I had to give it up. Other dish soaps are rather strong as well, right now I go with Palmolive Sensitive. Maybe it is just me but I think they changed ingredients--perhaps due to the banning of phosphates?
But yeah, it is scary that they use tankers of Dawn to clean up oil spills on roads rather than some specialized product. Dawn is some serious stuff.
woodsprite
(11,923 posts)It's lavender or clear colored. They're supposedly supercharged with bleach or some type of enzyme that get's your dishes clean in 5 min. Maybe that's what was bothering your hands. It really does work, but I keep both varieties of Dawn at the ready -- the regular and the Ultra Power clean. I only use the power clean when I have baked on stuff that I'm having a hard time scrubbing off.
I *will* say that my son got onto some red oily clay that would not come out of his school khakis no matter what laundry/stain fighting fixes I put to it. I tried the Power Clean as a last ditch effort. After scrubbing and rinsing 2x with it, there was no sign of a stain. Those pants had already been washed 4x with Tide, OxyClean and even Lestoil with the stain barely fading.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Believe it or not it started when I tried their Pure Essentials a couple of years ago after I gave up antibacterial soaps (I used to buy AB varieties because they had an orange scent). http://www.dawn-dish.com/us/dawn/product/037000222040
Two days of Pure Essentials and I started realizing something was wrong. I even called the company and asked them if they had changed anything in their formula but they wouldn't really say one way or the other. I tried going to the regular blue Dawn but sort of the same thing. Maybe it has to do with the way they concentrate the formulas now with less dilution. Anyway, I am off Dawn now but good to know if ever have a really tough laundry stain it may be worth a try.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)either that or my children were capable of getting into some powerful dirt.
Oh and I am so glad I voted for Dayton, he hasn't disappointed me even one time.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)If they haven't been disappointing....they are alright.
I mean no dig on you or your post.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Including how it can create infectious problems instead of prevent them.