Food Babe - Colgate has been selling “Colgate Total” for nearly 2 decades – and the FDA recently banned its active ingredient triclosan from hand and body soaps… but NOT from toothpaste.
Triclosan is a common ingredient in toothpaste and soap in the Philippines. Here's why it should be banned.
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Triclosan and Microbiomes | Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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