Hand WashingThe antibacterial agent triclosan, commonly used in certain soaps, is starting to appear in consumer products ranging from socks to toothpaste.
But research shows that under normal household conditions triclosan can react with chlorinated water to produce chloroform, a likely carcinogen.
An initial 2005 study showed that, in the laboratory, pure triclosan reacts with free chlorine to produce chloroform. More recently, follow-up studies on 16 products found that household goods containing triclosan produced either chloroform or other chlorinated byproducts.
In some soaps, the triclosan degraded within one minute of exposure to chlorinated water at temperatures used for household cleaning.
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[Link]Triclosan is a immunotoxicant and skin toxicant used most commonly in pesticide products[/url]. I can't help but think of the irony, that we are cleaning ourselves with toxic poison; designed literally to kill. I ponder this and can almost hear the evil contemptuous cackle of the psychoElite as they beam with delight as the masses buy stuff like this.
Also most municipalities (at least here in the US) use chlorine as their primary drinking water disinfectant, and unless people are filtering this (VOC) from their water they are all partaking in little science projects to create chloroform.
My employer stocks soap with triclosan exclusively; I generally bring in my own soap because of this.