I am a fan of some bacterial soaps. One of which removes any hiker funk on the planet. Hunter's Scent Away liquid soap removes all human scent caused by bacteria. The primary ingredient. Triclosan is popular for many reasons. Hidden in toothpaste it does a better job of removing bad breath and killing Halitosis germs. If you are bothered by this - if you read the directions - Don't swallow your toothpaste. Triclosan appears to be a better ingredient over lye in soaps. Lye is far more dangerous, a poison, as it can burn your skin.
This chemical is used to bathe patients just out of surgery, used full strength for killing flesh eating bacteria. Some surgical parts are coated in this material.
Triclosan is considered safe by some but is under ongoing review by the FDA since its introduction around the 1960's and carries a label of caution. Health Canada's review concludes "that Triclosan is not harmful to human health but can cause harm to the environment when used in significant amounts. This preliminary assessment confirms that Canadians can continue to safely use products such as toothpaste, shampoo and soap containing Triclosan
In September 2016, the FDA announced that effective September 2017, it would prohibit the sale of "consumer antiseptic washes" containing Triclosan or 18 other ingredients marketed as antimicrobial due to FDA findings of the lack of efficacy in these products. Once again motivated motivated by dumb special interest groups with little science to back their beliefs against well thought out and tested chemicals. So when you ban a better product, its back to the nasty lye again and hiker funk. The FDA sometimes makes dumb decisions That green bottle in the middle of this picture can remove a direct strike of a skunk off any person or animal such as a dog, in one wash and you just wash off the Triclosan. If you absorb some thru your skin your body will urinate it out.
Further Reading NPR
Triclosan
This chemical is used to bathe patients just out of surgery, used full strength for killing flesh eating bacteria. Some surgical parts are coated in this material.
Triclosan is considered safe by some but is under ongoing review by the FDA since its introduction around the 1960's and carries a label of caution. Health Canada's review concludes "that Triclosan is not harmful to human health but can cause harm to the environment when used in significant amounts. This preliminary assessment confirms that Canadians can continue to safely use products such as toothpaste, shampoo and soap containing Triclosan
In September 2016, the FDA announced that effective September 2017, it would prohibit the sale of "consumer antiseptic washes" containing Triclosan or 18 other ingredients marketed as antimicrobial due to FDA findings of the lack of efficacy in these products. Once again motivated motivated by dumb special interest groups with little science to back their beliefs against well thought out and tested chemicals. So when you ban a better product, its back to the nasty lye again and hiker funk. The FDA sometimes makes dumb decisions That green bottle in the middle of this picture can remove a direct strike of a skunk off any person or animal such as a dog, in one wash and you just wash off the Triclosan. If you absorb some thru your skin your body will urinate it out.
Further Reading NPR
Triclosan
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