The list of newly-banned ingredients includes the two that the FDA says are the most commonly used in antibacterial soaps: triclosan and triclocarban. Triclosan in particular has troubled public health advocates over the years. As STAT News reports, studies done on lab animals show that the chemical can disrupt hormones in the body, leading to all sorts of issues ranging from infertility to impaired brain development and heart function. In addition, the stuff can end up in sewage sludge that gets used as fertilizer—meaning it can re-enter the food chain through crops.
Perhaps the biggest concern is that overuse of these chemicals could fuel the rise of more antibiotic-resistant bacteria. According to a consumer update issued by the FDA along with the new rule, “laboratory studies have raised the possibility that triclosan contributes to making bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Some data shows this resistance may have a significant impact on the effectiveness of medical treatments, such as antibiotics.”
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On a separate news,
A team of researchers are studying a remote hunter-gatherer community in the Peruvian Amazon with the express purpose of answering a single question: What did our digestive systems look like before antibiotics and fast food? They now have some insight into how diverse ancient human gut bacteria was thousands of years ago — and how our modern intestinal colonies have changed as a result of our industrialized lifestyles.
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Good friends, if we will continue to clamor for lab-level sanitized environment, we will die early.
And I could hear my father in the background speaking, "Mas maraming namamatay sa sobrang linis."
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Awh I like it a bit dirty naman so ok lang :) haha
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