I know with a war on, the using of the Constitution for toilet paper, and so on, this concern of mine is trivial, but it is so very symbolic. By way of digby, we find out that the White House sells hand soap. And, you guessed it, it contains triclosan. Really. Why don't they just put cadmium in it? It would be so much faster. What morons.
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I write often about irresponsible antibiotic use. But I want to make one thing clear: antibiotics are critical, life-saving and health-improving drugs.
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“Millions of Americans use antibacterial hand soap and body wash products.
A huge number of antibiotic prescriptions are filled due to the misdiagnosis of sore throats. Here's something from the archives about this problem while I'm away.
There's soap without triclosan?
Oh, yeah, there is. It has triclocarban instead.
How bad a problem is triclosan resistance?