Dozens of toothpastes sold at supermarkets are at the centre of a cancer alert today.
Anti-bacterial cleaning products, including dishwashing liquid and handwash, are also affected.
Researchers have discovered that triclosan, a chemical in the products, can react with water to produce chloroform gas. If inhaled in large enough quantities, chloroform can cause depression, liver problems and, in some cases, cancer.
From the tv series, Monk: due to a loose snake, Monk is standing on the kitchen table of a house he and Captain Leland Stottlemeyer are investigating
Capt. Stottmeyer: I thought you were afraid of heights.
Adrian Monk: Snakes trump heights. It goes germs, needles, milk, death, snakes, mushrooms, heights, crowds, elevators.
AS A DENTAL HYGIENIST, I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BEST AND SAFEST PRODUCTS... USING TOOTHPASTE WITH TRICLOSAN IS LIKE USING "RAID"... I USE "OXYFRESH". CLEANSES AND DEODORIZES BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE FOUND. LOOK IT UP AT OXYFRESH.COM/ROBING
Posted by ROBIN GLAUS | Tuesday 26 April 2005 8:11PM
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AS A DENTAL HYGIENIST, I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE BEST AND SAFEST PRODUCTS... USING TOOTHPASTE WITH TRICLOSAN IS LIKE USING "RAID"... I USE "OXYFRESH". CLEANSES AND DEODORIZES BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE FOUND. LOOK IT UP AT OXYFRESH.COM/ROBING
