Triclosan - what you need to know
1,844 views · Published 7 May 2013 · 19:47 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: shyhinata · 2013 · People & Blogs
AKA Why I don't use antibacterial soaps anymore Hi there! I really wanted to do a video summarizing the literature out there to clarify some things for for everyone. It's a bit long, for which I apologize, but I hope it's full of information that you will find interesting and useful. If you don't make it through the whole video, the take home message is: PLEASE STOP USING ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS. EDIT: Just discovered that Bath and Body Works sells regular versions of most of their soaps! The labels are very similar, so read them carefully. You want the "Gentle Foaming Hand Soap" (as opposed to "Antibacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap"). If you have any questions that you'd like me to try to answer, feel free to comment, and I will do my best. Wikipedia has some good information as well (search for Triclosan). Here are the two papers that I checked out in researching for this video: Rodricks, J.V. et al. Triclosan: A critical review of the experimental data and development of margins of safety for consumer products. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 2010; 40(5); p.422-484. Dann, A.B. and A. Hontela. Triclosan: environmental exposure, toxicity and mechanisms of action. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2011; 31; p.285-311.
