[vox_mundi]

FDA Bans 19 Chemicals Used In Antibacterial Soaps

Consumers don't need to use antibacterial soaps, and some of them may even be dangerous, the Food and Drug Administration says.

On Friday, the FDA issued a rule banning the use of triclosan, triclocarban and 17 other chemicals in hand and body washes. which are marketed as being more effective than simple soap.

The FDA issued a proposed rule in 2013 that required companies to provide data on products' safety and effectiveness.

For these ingredients, either no additional data were submitted or the data and information that were submitted were not sufficient for the agency to find that these ingredients are Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective.

Companies have a year to take these ingredients out of their products or remove the products from the market, the agency said.

"If the product makes antibacterial claims, chances are pretty good that it contains one of these ingredients," Theresa Michele, director of the FDA's Division of Nonprescription Drug Products, said Friday in a conference call with reporters.

There is some evidence that triclosan, triclocarban and the other chemicals can disrupt hormone cycles and cause muscle weakness, says Mae Wu, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which originally asked the FDA to ban the ingredients.

[GHung]

We need bacteria more than bacteria need us.

I banned antibacterial soaps at my place from day one. Not a good thing for septic systems.

[jupiters_release]

Only use Dr. Bronners for dish soap now.

[jjhman]

So according to this article:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/it- ... mark-bill/

There are about 80,000 chemicals registered with the EPA and an additional 2,000 added each year.

How well do you suppose all of the effects on the biosphere of all of these chemicals is, or ever will be, understood? When something really stupid and disgusting is discovered the EPA or the USDA or the CIA( ?) give the company something like 5 or 10 years to replace that chemical with, no doubt, some other chemical that they haven't figured out yet.

We are f'ed.

[Subjectivist]

So according to this article:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/it- ... mark-bill/

There are about 80,000 chemicals registered with the EPA and an additional 2,000 added each year.

How well do you suppose all of the effects on the biosphere of all of these chemicals is, or ever will be, understood? When something really stupid and disgusting is discovered the EPA or the USDA or the CIA( ?) give the company something like 5 or 10 years to replace that chemical with, no doubt, some other chemical that they haven't figured out yet.

We are f'ed.

The really ugly thing is all the wild combinations that random chemicals create in sewer systems and other places.