Increasingly, research links triclosan, an antimicrobial found in thousands of consumer products, with the gut microbiome and gut inflammation. A new study looks at the potential for combating damage ...

Bars of soap are an economical way of staying clean. They also use less plastic than the alternative. However, some soaps are still linked to potentially health problems. Here are some of the bars of ...

Children exposed to the common antimicrobial triclosan were more likely to develop allergic symptoms, a new study has found. It raises fresh concerns over the health impacts of a chemical widely used ...

Gov. Mark Dayton signed an executive order Monday banning state agencies from purchasing products that contain the ingredient triclosan, according to the Associated Press. Commonly used as an ...

The study, by Assistant Professor Hui Peng's research group in the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts & Science, was able to show that triclosan—a chemical often included in household ...

CleanWell's hand soaps promise to slay germs, and foam and ooze — just as soap should. But unlike many antibacterial soaps, the ones from this young San Francisco company and a growing number of other ...

The ADA is addressing questions raised last week about the safety of triclosan, an ingredient in Colgate Total toothpaste. Triclosan is the active ingredient in Colgate Total that fights plaque and ...

Triclosan is found in a multitude of everyday consumer products. But what is it and how safe is it? The consumer labels trend for products is a great way to help people make smarter purchases, but ...

Minnesota state agencies will stop buying and using hand soaps, dish soaps and laundry cleaning products that contain triclosan by June of this year, according to an executive order issued by Gov.

Triclosan, an antimicrobial agent found in toothpaste and other oral care products, may be associated with a type of gut inflammation that induces chronic digestive diseases, according to a study ...

New research that products containing bacteria-fighting triclosan could expose consumers to a probable human carcinogen is bringing attention to Colgate-Palmolive Co. as its Colgate Total toothpaste ...

Children with twice the level of the antimicrobial chemical triclosan in their urine were 23 percent more likely to report eczema symptoms than those with lower concentrations, according to research ...