Quick Notes on Antibacterial Soaps

Antibacterial soaps with triclosan are coming under fire for being no more effective than plain soap as disinfectants, while at the same time promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Now, recent findings from studies in laboratory animals suggest that triclosan is an endocrine disruptor.

This topic deserves a more detailed discussion, but since I’m getting on a plane this morning, that will have to wait for a later time.

Perhaps triclosan in soaps won’t turn out like bisphenol-a, TCE, perchlorate or dioxins, where we spend the better part of a generation wringing our hands about managing the human health risks.

Perhaps.