Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Better Living Through Chemistry - Not

Even MORE poisonous chemicals in your toothpaste, BESIDES fluoride. This one, triclosan, is in a lot of things these days as an all-purpose antibacterial.

Well, triclosan has links to dioxin among other things, like hormone disruption and antibiotic resistance. But they knew all that BEFORE they put it in your toothpaste. What they didn't know, and just found out, was that triclosan reacts with chlorinated water to make chloroform gas, which over long term exposure, will kill your ass.

Happy brushing!

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