Triclosan, an antimicrobial agent found in toys, toothpaste, cosmetics and more than 2,000 other consumer products, has been found to wreak havoc on the guts of mice whose blood concentrations of ...

Children exposed to the common antimicrobial triclosan were more likely to develop allergic symptoms, a new study has found.

Researchers at Brown University’s School of Public Health found that children exposed to higher levels of triclosan may be ...

Could triclosan, an ingredient used in toothpaste and soap, be a health hazard? 02:30 "Exposure to antimicrobial compounds can disrupt the community of microorganisms that colonize the human body ...

This chemical is in many consumer products, including lots of antibacterial soaps. Should you use or avoid it?

Triclosan was created more than 40 years ago as a surgical scrub for hospitals. Now it appears in soaps, detergents, skin cleansers, deodorants, toothpastes and dishwashing liquids.

On September 9, 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the incorporation of triclosan and 18 other antimicrobial chemicals from household soap products and the next year ...

Triclosan is found in toothpastes that are marketed as antibacterial, and Colgate is currently the only brand that makes toothpaste that contains triclosan.

Triclosan is found in thousands of personal care products from toothpaste to soap. New research links it to inflammation and cancer in the gut in mice, by disrupting their microbiome.

A few years ago we were brushing our teeth with it, rinsing our mouths with it, sanitizing our hands with it. And now triclosan is almost vanished from the marketplace.

Long-term exposure to triclosan — an antibacterial ingredient found in some soap, toothpaste and other common household products — may lead to liver cancer in mice, according to a new study.

Triclosan, banned from soaps but not toothpastes, may help superbugs in gut Small study finds minor, but troubling, disturbance in the microbial force.