TRICLOSAN Re: [sprayno] WHAT ARE ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDES

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Yes, lets take one called " TRICLOSAN " which is a non specific BIOCIDE, which

shows up in mothers breast milk.......see the additional study below Jan

2002.....

Hope this helps,

Donna M. REILLY

Read those labels

Triclosan has a chemical structure similar to Agent Orange!

If you are using an antibacterial product or toothpaste that contains

Triclosan, you may be doing more harm than good.

Terrible Touch-Me-Not #7: Triclosan

Triclosan is a synthetic antibacterial ingredient, which has been registered

by the Environmental Protection Agency as a pesticide, giving it high scores

as a risk to both human health and the environment. It is classified as a

chlorophenol, a class of chemicals suspected of causing cancer in humans. Its

manufacturing process may produce dioxin, a powerful hormone-disrupting

chemical with toxic effects. Hormone disruptors pose enormous long-term

chronic health risks by interfering with the way hormones perform, such as

changing genetic material, decreasing fertility and sexual function, and

fostering birth defects. It can temporarily deactivate sensory nerve endings,

so contact with it often causes little or no pain. Internally it can lead to

cold sweats, circulatory collapse and convulsions. Stored in body fat, it can

accumulate to toxic levels damaging the liver, kidneys and lungs, and it can

cause paralysis, suppression of the immune function, brain hemorrhages and

heart problems.

Triclosan is widely used in both antibacterial cleansers and toothpastes... I

can't imagine using a product that contained this harmful ingredient after

reading the above. I suggest looking for products that contain grapefruit

seed extract, which is a powerful yet gentle safe cleanser.

Report Date: July 12, 2000

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weleda toothpaste does not have any carcinogens or pesticides in it

I use an ultrasonic toothbrush and rinse my mouth out with sea salt filtered

water...no toothpaste.......I now never have gum problems.....

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In a paper published in the July 13 issue of the journal Nature,

Heath, Ph.D., and O. Rock, Ph.D., researchers in the biochemistry

department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, identify a new

component in bacterial fatty acid synthesis, which presents resistance to

triclosan, an antibacterial additive (commonly used) in many consumer

products. This discovery has important implications for future antibacterial

drug development and questions the widespread use of triclosan in consumer

products.

Triclosan is the antibacterial agent included in a variety of household goods

from soaps to cutting boards. Triclosan works by inhibiting an enzyme, called

FabI, which is essential for fatty acid synthesis and bacterial survival.

" Before now, FabI was thought to be ubiquitous and drugs that inhibit FabI

would attack all bacteria, " Rock said. But the research team found that the

Streptococcus pneumonia, for example, has an alternative enzyme, which they

dub FabK, that is unaffected by triclosan.

" The ability of bacteria to acquire genetic resistance to triclosan and

related compounds through mutation illustrates that widespread use of this

drug will lead to the appearance of resistant organisms that will compromise

the usefulness of this class of drugs, " Rock said. When resistance develops,

it will also reduce the effectiveness of the antibacterial soaps and

cleansers..................

1: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2002 Jan;42(1):105-17

Identification of Hydroxylated PCB Metabolites and Other Phenolic Halogenated

Pollutants in Human Blood Plasma.

Hovander L, Malmberg T, Athanasiadou M, Athanassiadis I, Rahm S, Bergman,

Wehler EK.

Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, S-106 91

Stockholm, Sweden.

A growing number of studies have reported phenolic halogenated compounds

(PHCs) that are retained in the blood of humans and wildlife. These PHCs may

be industrial chemicals; metabolites thereof, as in the case with

polychlorobiphenylols (OH-PCBs); or of natural origin. The present study was

aimed to identify hitherto unknown PHCs in human plasma with chemical

structures that are consistent to PHCs known to possess endocrine-disrupting

activity. For this purpose, samples of blood plasma from 10 randomly selected

male blood donors from Sweden were pooled and analyzed by GC/ECD and GC/MS.

Brominated, bromochlorinated, and chlorinated methyl derivatives of phenols

and OH-PCBs were synthesized to be used as authentic reference standards.

More than 100 PHCs were indicated in the plasma, and among those a total of 9

monocyclic brominated or chlorinated phenol-, guaiacol-, and/or catechol-type

compounds were identified as their methylated derivatives. The two major

compounds were 2,4,6-tribromophenol and pentachlorophenol. Thirty-eight

OH-PCB congeners were structurally identified on two GC columns of different

polarity. The origin of the OH-PCB metabolites in the context of their parent

PCB congeners are suggested. Other PHCs identified in the male plasma were

Triclosan (5-chloro-2-[2,4-dichlorophenoxy] phenol), a common bactericide;

4-hydroxy-heptachlorostyrene, a metabolite of octachlorostyrene; and

3,5-dibromo-2-(2,4-dibromophenoxy)phenol, a natural compound and a potential

metabolite of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

PMID: 11706375 [PubMed - in process]

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_u

ids=11706375 & dopt=Abstract</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.nutriteam.com/triclo.htm " >Triclosan Poses New Danger</A>

<A HREF= " http:// " >http://www.nutriteam.com/triclo.htm</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/Triclo.html " >Triclosan inhibits

parasites @ University of Ch…</A>

<A HREF= " http:// " >http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/Triclo.html</A>

and of course this gets added to the TOP of the list of Scientifically

ignorant statements

" Triclosan has been used as an antiseptic since the 1960s. It blocks an

enzyme, known as " FabI, " that bacteria need to manufacture the fatty acids

used in cell membranes. Because animals possess a very different set of

enzymes, triclosan does not interfere with this process in humans. This has

led to its widespread use in over-the-counter preparations used on the skin

or in the mouth. "