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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i33/Safety-Triclosan-Toothpaste-Questioned.html">http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i33/Safety-Triclosan-Toothpaste-Questioned.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<b><font size="4" color="#063557" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#063557;font-weight:bold">Safety Of Triclosan In Toothpaste Questioned<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Personal Care: Experts, advocates scrutinize industry safety data on antibacterial chemical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font color="#007aad" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#007AAD"><a href="http://cen.acs.org/static/about/staff_landing/biobee.html" title="Staff - Britt E. Erickson, Senior Editor | Chemical & Engineering News"><b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Britt
E. Erickson</span></font></b></a></span></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Keywords: <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/wld/cen/results.html?line3=triclosan">
<b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">triclosan</span></font></b></a>,
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/wld/cen/results.html?line3=antibacterial"><b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">antibacterial</span></font></b></a>,
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/wld/cen/results.html?line3=toothpaste"><b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">toothpaste</span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
<a href="http://www.fda.gov" target="_blank"><b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Food & Drug Administration</span></font></b></a> ignored red flags in industry safety data that it relied on when approving
the antibacterial triclosan for use in toothpaste, say some scientists and an environmental group.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">FDA recently released those data, which it had withheld since 1997 when it
<a href="http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/97/020231_total_toc.cfm" target="_blank" title="Drug Approval Package">
<b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">approved triclosan in toothpaste</span></font></b></a>. The agency did so in response to a lawsuit filed by the
<a href="http://www.nrdc.org/" target="_blank" title="Natural Resources Defense Council">
<b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Natural Resources Defense Council</span></font></b></a> (NRDC), an activist group. The data show a link between triclosan exposure and fetal bone malformation in animals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.colgatetotal.com/home" target="_blank" title="Colgate"><b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Colgate</span></font></b></a>,
the only company that sells toothpaste containing triclosan in the U.S., says the findings are irrelevant to human health. Triclosan is “safe and effective for treating gingivitis,” the firm says.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">But experts say the data should have alerted FDA that triclosan is a potential endocrine disruptor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">“A growing body of evidence shows that triclosan can lead to developmental and reproductive problems in animals and potentially in humans,”
says <a href="https://labs.biodesign.asu.edu/halden/people" target="_blank" title="Benny Pycke">
<b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Benny Pycke</span></font></b></a>, a scientist at Arizona State University. Pycke presented new research at a
<a href="http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/fall-2014.html" target="_blank" title="meeting of the American Chemical Society">
<b><font color="#007aad"><span style="color:#007AAD;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">meeting of the American Chemical Society</span></font></b></a> last week showing that pregnant women and their fetuses are exposed to the chemical.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">NRDC is now asking FDA for the latest data on the safety of triclosan in toothpaste and on adverse events associated with the chemical.
Colgate reports such information to FDA annually. But the public is unlikely to see it anytime soon because FDA told NRDC it would take up to two years to look into the request, an NRDC attorney says.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Colgate-Palmolive-Removed-This-Potentially-Harmful-Chemical-From-Its-Soap-Products--But-Its-Still-In-Your-Toothpaste/articleshow/40076995.cms">http://www.businessinsider.in/Colgate-Palmolive-Removed-This-Potentially-Harmful-Chemical-From-Its-Soap-Products--But-Its-Still-In-Your-Toothpaste/articleshow/40076995.cms</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><font size="6" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">Colgate-Palmolive Removed This Potentially Harmful Chemical
From Its Soap Products - But It's Still In Your Toothpaste<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/katie-jennings?IR=C"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">Katie Jennings</span></font></a>0
Aug 12, 2014, 02.21 AM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Long</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">In 2011, Colgate-Palmolive removed a chemical called triclosan from its soap products, citing "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/business/triclosan-an-antibacterial-chemical-in-consumer-products-raises-safety-issues.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">changing
consumer preferences.</span></font></a>" But according to a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/business/triclosan-an-antibacterial-chemical-in-consumer-products-raises-safety-issues.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">New York Times article</span></font></a>, the change was more likely motivated by concerns raised by consumer groups and Congressional leaders over the potentially harmful effects of the chemical.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">While long-term research in humans is lacking, several studies of the effects
of triclosan in mice, rats and frogs, found <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/decade-old-question-antibacterial-soap-safe">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">reduced fertility</span></font></a>, <a href="http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/119/2/417.short">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">development issues in fetuses</span></font></a>, and
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/tx5000156"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">increased cancer risk</span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">However, triclosan still remains an active ingredient in Colgate Total, the company's
number one selling toothpaste. Why is a product that may not be safe for our hands still in a product that goes into our mouths?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">The Role of the FDA<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/in-35-pages-buried-at-fda-worries-over-colgate-s-total.html"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">A
Bloomberg News investigation</span></font></a> places some of the blame on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval process, highlighting 35 pages of recently released toxicology data from the approval application for Colgate Total. Those pages show
that there may have been some red flags about triclosan's safety that the FDA should have examined further.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">For instance, the application included a study that found "<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/in-35-pages-buried-at-fda-worries-over-colgate-s-total.html" target="_blank"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">fetal
bone malformations in mice and rats.</span></font></a>" It is important to recognize that chemicals can affect animals differently than humans, especially because animal testing can involve sky-high doses of the chemical in question. However, often these kinds
of findings in animals mean further testing is warranted before the product is approved for humans.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Another issue is that the FDA "relies on company-backed science to show products
are safe and effective," <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/in-35-pages-buried-at-fda-worries-over-colgate-s-total.html">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">according to the Bloomberg story</span></font></a>. This means that instead of having independent, third-party researchers determine the effectiveness and safety of a given product, the FDA often accepts research
studies funded by the company that is trying to seek approval.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Triclosan is an antimicrobial agent, meaning that it helps to "slow or stop the
growth of bacteria, fungi, and mildew," <a href="http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/triclosan_fs.htm">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">according to the Environmental Protection Agency</span></font></a>. It first started to appear in antibacterial hand soap products in the 1970s.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">The FDA has never issued a comprehensive ruling on triclosan's effectiveness
and safety - even though it originally said it would look into triclosan in 1974. That was two years before "the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which aimed to comprehensively regulate chemicals, grandfathered in existing substances with no safety
testing," <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/in-35-pages-buried-at-fda-worries-over-colgate-s-total.html" target="_blank">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">Bloomberg notes</span></font></a>. Now the FDA says it will issue a ruling on triclosan in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">While companies have an obligation to the safety and health of their customers,
they can also have a lot of money riding on the approval of a new product.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">The Risks and Benefits of Triclosan<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">When it comes to consumer safety, the FDA needs to determine whether the benefits
of a product outweigh the risks. In the case of toothpaste, clinical trials showed that triclosan helped fight plaque germs found in the mouth, reducing the individual's risk of gingivitis, a common gum disease.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.colgatetotal.com/triclosan-faq"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">According
to the company website</span></font></a>, "Colgate Total is clinically proven to work better than other toothpastes to reduce these germs that can cause the gum disease gingivitis."
</span></font><font size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">Colgate's website also states that the "safety and effectiveness" of the product is supported by more than 80 scientific studies, involving 19,000 people.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">Last year,
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24310847" target="_blank"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">an independent review of the existing research on triclosan in toothpaste</span></font></a> concluded that the chemical "reduced plaque, gingival
inflammation and gingival bleeding" but that those reductions "may or may not be clinically important." Triclosan was also associated with a "small reduction" in cavities.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">"There do not appear to be any serious safety concerns regarding the use of triclosan...
toothpastes in studies up to three years in duration," the reviewers concluded.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">Colgate is quick to point out that real-world evidence seems to echo these results.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">"In the nearly 18 years that Colgate Total has been on the market in the U.S.,
there has been no signal of a safety issue from adverse-event reports," <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-11/in-35-pages-buried-at-fda-worries-over-colgate-s-total.html">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">Thomas DiPiazza, a Colgate spokesperson told Bloomberg.</span></font></a> (We have reached out to Colgate for further comment and will update this post if we hear back.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Still, given the questions raised by animals studies, this kind of logic - that
triclosan isn't harmful because ill effects haven't been reported in humans yet - doesn't cut it for the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC. The nonprofit environmental organization
<a href="http://www.nrdc.org/media/2013/131216.asp"><font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">has actively been involved</span></font></a> in educating consumers about triclosan's potential risks and also pressuring the government to take action.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">It was a Freedom of Information Act request from the NRDC that led to the release
of the FDA approval documents for Colgate Total.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">The NRDC's position: Is even a small potential risk worth it, when the benefits
seem to be small-to-none?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">The organization has focused on hand soap and toothpaste because those products
are required to list triclosan in the ingredient lists. In many other products, it may simply fall under the label "preservative."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">"It's also used in other products that you wouldn't normally think of - cutting
boards and shoes and shopping carts and bath tubs," Mae Wu, an attorney for the NRDC Health Program told Business Insider. "It's hard to avoid it."</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="1" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:windowtext">On its website, the
<a href="http://www.nrdc.org/living/chemicalindex/triclosan.asp" target="_blank">
<font color="blue"><span style="color:blue">NRDC tells consumers</span></font></a> to "urge the FDA to pull products containing triclosan...from store shelves in order to protect public health."</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">Ultimately, the FDA ruling in 2016 will determine whether increased regulation
is on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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