they pose a threat of accumulation in drinking water or food. Use of triclosan in antibacterial soaps is regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), who has proposed new rules governing antibacterial soaps and their ingredients and is in the midst of an extensive public comment period on these proposals. Yet the Minnesota legislative ban on triclosan ignores this reality. Instead of letting federal regulators do their job, the law would take safe, effective and beneficial products off the shelves of Minnesota grocery, convenience and drug stores. As there will be further public policy discussions over regulating antibacterial soaps, the ACI and our members remain committed to advocacy based on valid, real-world science and solid data. We ask FMR to refrain from distorting the facts about antibacterial product safety and how they characterize the way the legislative debate transpired in Minnesota. Paul DeLeo, Associate VP of Environmental Safety, ACI Triclosan & pregnancy Analysis of research showing trace elements of antibacterial ingredients in pregnant women and fetuses is distorting the safety profile of the materials, which have been extensively researched and reviewed for decades. The research in question was presented at the American Chemical Society national meeting and reported that trace elements of the antibacterial ingredients triclosan and triclocarban were detected in the urine of pregnant women, as well as some umbilical cord blood samples. Some of the researchers’ public comments—as well as news media headlines about the research—may mislead the DeLeo public about the ingredients’ safety. The levels of these ingredients they found are extremely small and are excreted from the body. “There’s a wide margin of safety between these levels and the levels deemed unsafe based on standard safety evaluation. The weight of evidence supports the conclusion that these ingredients are not causing adverse effects on the endocrine system. The continued “suggestions” that the presence of these substances are leading to health risks are not borne out by the data and years of safe use by consumers. In comments submitted last year to the FDA on the safety of triclosan, ACI stated “Triclosan-containing consumer antiseptic wash products play a beneficial role in the daily hygiene routines of millions of people throughout the U.S. and worldwide. They have been and are used safely and effectively in homes, hospitals, schools and workplaces every single day. Furthermore, triclosan and products containing it are regulated by a number of governmental bodies around the world and have a long track record of human and environmental safety which is supported by a multitude of science-based, transparent risk analyses.” Spray 16 Spray January 2015
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