Your couch is killing you, and now.... so is your Tooth paste.

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Cancer-Linked Colgate Total Ingredient Suggests Flaws in FDA Approval Process

The chemical triclosan has been linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in animals. Regulators are reviewing whether it’s safe to put in soap, cutting boards and toys. Consumer companies are phasing it out. Minnesota voted in May to ban it in many products.

At the same time, millions of Americans are putting it in their mouths every day, by way of a top-selling toothpaste that uses the antibacterial chemical to head off gum disease -- Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s Total.

Total is safe, Colgate says, citing the rigorous Food and Drug Administration process that led to the toothpaste’s 1997 approval as an over-the-counter drug. A closer look at that application process, however, reveals that some of the scientific findings Colgate put forward to establish triclosan’s safety in toothpaste weren’t black and white -- and weren’t, until this year, available to the public.
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Cancer please....

also

Your House Is Killing You: Couch Edition
 
I've been trying to avoid triclosan as much as possible, but it's in so many goddamn things.

I don't buy antibacterial hand or dish soap for use at home, but the hand soap in my office is probably antibacterial.
 
Can it only cause cancer if you put it in your body? Or will washing your hands with it eventually give you skin cancer on your hands or something?
 
I've been reading bad things about triclosan for awhile now - and as such have been phasing out my usage of the yellow Dial soap.

Had no idea this was in toothpaste.
 
AstroNut325 said:
I've been using Colgate Total almost exclusively for the past decade! WTF...
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without knowing the exact study parameters, it remains inconclusive ie you can show a positive correlation in rat studies by choosing a cancer prone species of rat or expose to substance in an exponentially greater dose than any human could.
 
always thought the people who systematically reached for antibacterial soap were freaks. Unless you have a serious immune system deficiency. It's a curiously american thing this idea that you should rub potent chemicals on your hands every time you touch a doorknob
 
Plywood said:
How many blueberries do I need to eat to undo the effects of my toothpaste?
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It was recently proven that no amount of fruits and vegetables can definitely prevent cancer.

An Apple a Day, and Other Myths

In the opening plenary session, Dr. Walter C. Willett, a Harvard epidemiologist who has spent many years studying cancer and nutrition, sounded almost rueful as he gave a status report. Whatever is true for other diseases, when it comes to cancer there was little evidence that fruits and vegetables are protective ....
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