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Triclosan

Triclosan

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A 52-year old asked:

Is triclosan dangerous?

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A 35-year old asked:

Should I be avoiding products with triclosan?

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What will happen if you end up eating some triclosan?

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A 30-year old asked:

Does anyone else have a reaction to triclosan? Is it rare?

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What are the risks in using triclosan?

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A 24-year old asked:

How does triclosan work to kill germs?

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Does using triclosan encourage bacteria to develop resistance?

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Are there triclosan-free antibiotic soaps?

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Is triclosan better and safer than stannous fluoride?

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A 40-year old male asked:

Is it safe to use Triclosan in toothpaste during pregnancy?

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A 29-year old female asked about a 31-year old female:

General Question: is Triclosan (found in Dial soap) an antifungal?

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A 26-year old female asked:

I discovered that my soap contain Triclosan and i usually use it, befor eating food so when i eat some of soap enter my body through food. Is this cause cancer?

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A 41-year old asked:

Is there an effective way to get rid of underarm odor without using triclosan?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Does triclosan cause odontogenic tumors, or would it not be in toothpaste if it did? I have an odontoma. Used face wash for yrs with triclosan.Likely?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Could using a face wash w/triclosan in it for many years cause nasal tumor(from accidental flushing of soap in nose etc)?would more ppl have if so?

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A 36-year old female asked:

Can triclosan,used in face soaps and other soaps and is also still in some toothpaste, cause parotid gland tumors? Would more people have them if so?

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A 32-year old female asked:

Used face wash for approx10 years that had triclosan in it.Nervous about breast ca bc of this.Is ca likely?Wld be same risk from toothpaste w tric?

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A 32-year old female asked:

In light of new findings about triclosan, if it truly could cause breast cancer, wouldn't there be many more cases of breast cancer in the population?

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A 17-year old male asked:

I use an acne face cleanser with the anti-bacterial ingredient Triclosan.I READ SMWHERE THAT ITS DANGER.Is this harmful for my face? Should I switch?

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A 32-year old female asked:

Should people, esp women, keep using face wash, toothpaste, etc that has triclosan?What about those who have used them for yrs?High risk for breast ca?

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A 28-year old female asked:

My astringent active ingred. Is2.0% salicylic acid (acne medication) and my face wash is 0.25% triclosan (aniseptic) is that ok to use while pregnant?

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Can face wash with triclosan that got in mouth, or toothpaste that contains it, cause salivary gland tumors?Wouldnt more people have them if it could?

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Safety of this ingredients for pregnant woman,denatured Ethanol,Boric acid,Menthol,Triclosan,Benzalkonium chloride,PEG-40,in facial cleanser?

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