Antibacterial Soap May Cause Cancer-Research Underway.


	Antibacterial Soap May Cause Cancer-Research Underway.

Cielerella

3-26-2007 5:30 PM

2049 views

tags:

health

Cielerella says:

Antibacterial soap mixed with water produces toxins.

2 Comments |

Add a Comment

3-26-2007 5:34 PM

bignosemousie

Ruh-roh!

3-26-2007 8:49 PM

Jdfodio

Dammit, I knew germs were gonna kill me. Now I find out that my germo-phobia will kill me first. Yikes!

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from March 26, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d7d7833b-542c-4b85-bc11-b067686bdbf9/B3461B14-E5D2-479A-ACFB-99F561D74CA1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10774/1066/" href="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10774/1066/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.itwire.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10774/1066/"><STRONG>Chloroform, already suspected to cause cancer, has been found by researchers to form when people use antibacterial soaps.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10774/1066/"><P>
Environmental chemist Peter Vikesland and collaborators at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg studied soap that contains triclosan, the ingredient that produces the antibacterial feature within soap. With it being already known that antibacterial soap is no better than regular soap for use around the house, the researchers wondered if, in fact, antibacterial soap might actually be detrimental to one’s health. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10774/1066/"><P>
They based their work on previous research that showed triclosan reacts with chlorine (which disinfects drinking water). This research showed that chloroform was produced, which has been implicated in the past for possibly causing cancer. 
</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B3461B14-E5D2-479A-ACFB-99F561D74CA1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips