The Natural Environment Committee hopes that the FDA will finalize the control of triclosan and triclocarban
- Time：2018-03-27
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The Natural Resources Defense Council has currently submitted a complaint against the Food and Drug Administration's failure to develop a lawsuit for the control of triclosan and triclocarban. These two substances are generally used in antibacterial soaps. These chemicals are suspected of having an effect on endocrine disruption of reproduction and are harmful in laboratory studies.
Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the NRDC's Department of Health and Environment, said that washing hands with so-called antibacterial soaps containing triclosan or triclocarban is as effective as normal soap and water. The use of soaps containing these substances does not in any way give consumers the benefit of the consumer's imagination, but in fact it will cause certain harm to human health. The FDA should first ban these harmful chemicals from being added to the product.
Most of the soaps claimed by consumers to be antibacterial or antimicrobial are contained in triclosan or triclocarban. The FDA first proposed removing these chemicals from soap as early as 1978. These substances can be widely used until this rule is finalized. As the use of these substances in products has grown, these substances have been widely left in the environment and in the human body. The current biological surveillance results show that 75% of people over the age of six in the United States will have these substances. These chemicals are absorbed by contact with the skin and are found to be present in human blood, urine and even breast milk.
The lawsuit required the court to give the FDA a mandatory deadline to finalize the 32-year undetermined rule. Under the current FDA recommendations, this regulation will prohibit the use of triclosan and triclocarban in many antimicrobial products.
Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the NRDC's Department of Health and Environment, said that washing hands with so-called antibacterial soaps containing triclosan or triclocarban is as effective as normal soap and water. The use of soaps containing these substances does not in any way give consumers the benefit of the consumer's imagination, but in fact it will cause certain harm to human health. The FDA should first ban these harmful chemicals from being added to the product.
Most of the soaps claimed by consumers to be antibacterial or antimicrobial are contained in triclosan or triclocarban. The FDA first proposed removing these chemicals from soap as early as 1978. These substances can be widely used until this rule is finalized. As the use of these substances in products has grown, these substances have been widely left in the environment and in the human body. The current biological surveillance results show that 75% of people over the age of six in the United States will have these substances. These chemicals are absorbed by contact with the skin and are found to be present in human blood, urine and even breast milk.
The lawsuit required the court to give the FDA a mandatory deadline to finalize the 32-year undetermined rule. Under the current FDA recommendations, this regulation will prohibit the use of triclosan and triclocarban in many antimicrobial products.
