立証されている抗菌剤の抵抗力が公衆の健康に影響を及ぼさず、またそのような製品が感染症を防ぐことに効果があることが示されるまで、抗菌剤の消費者製品での使用は止めるベきとする米国医師会の結論に従い、身体手入れ用品及びその他家庭で使用されるどのような製品中においてもトリクロサンの使用を禁止すること。
その他の消費者製品での使用について、EPAはトリクロサンとその分解成分の胎児、幼児、子ども及びその他の脆弱な集団に対する安全性を十分に評価すること。
消費者は、トリクロサンを使用した製品の使用を極力避けること。
製造者は、消費者製品中でのこの有害で残留性がある化学物質の使用を法的強制力のある規制が実施される前に自主的に縮小すること。
消費者製品中のトリクロサンは
ヒトと環境への広範な汚染をもたらす
Notes and references
Testing sponsored by triclosan manufacturer Ciba found the pesticide in 60 of 62 breast milk samples from mothers in San Jose, CA and Austin, TX (Dayan 2007).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected triclosan in 75% of 2,517 people 6 years of age and higher, in tests of the chemical in urine samples (Calafat 2008).
Triclosan was detected in 8 of 17 cord blood samples in a study conducted in the Netherlands (TNO 2005).
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) detected triclosan in 58% of 85 rivers and streams tested in 30 states (Kolpin 2002).
Triclosan's toxic breakdown product methyl triclosan has been detected in fish downstream of wastewater treatment plants (Balmer 2004), and studies indicate that it persists in sediment for at least 40 years (Miller 2008). Though its widespread use and persistence in the environment indicate it might pollute tap water and food, testing is not required and no studies on this have been published.
EWG researchers compiled a comprehensive listing of 140 types of consumer products that can contain triclosan, from technical information and pesticide labels published by EPA [see the data], and from EWG's in-house database of ingredient listings on 30,000 personal care products (EWG 2008).
In a survey of personal care product ingredient labels, EWG found triclosan in 112 of 259 liquid hand soaps (43%) and 47 of 609 toothpastes (7%). The data are drawn from EWG's personal care product ingredient database (EWG 2008).
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