Germ Phobia invites Liver Damage and Cancer

Nisarg Joshi

triclosan

triclosan
I really feel helpless when I see my family and friends obsessed with so much of cleaning ritual the wrong way. 🙁
 
Remember one thing: Bacteria are our friends. They are not our enemies. If we really believe in non-violence, stop using cleaning agents.
These agents not only kill our friends but also create sickness due to absence of Bacteria.
 
Break Bacteria phobia now!
 
Solution?
 
1) User dung ash with soil to clean utensils. (Our grandfathers used to use this only. It is just 2-3 generations back, under the influence of powerful Ads, we
2) Clean hands with only water for 30-45 seconds (Just like how that kid is mocked in one of the Lifebouy ad for not using LifeBouy , it is actually a right way! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nEolXQZ7Jg)
 
Take care. Take bold steps. Break the illusion created by Ads on TV. There is nothing like Germ-free, Germo-check and all fake jargons.
 
More than that, it is found that this chemicals do not actually work on bacteria. (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anti-bacterial-soaps-may-not-curb-bacteria/1/331609.html) It is plain marketing gimmick fooling us. 🙁
 
Triclosan is found in : Deaoderant, Colgate toothpaste, Gillette® Complete Skin Care MultiGel Aerosol Shave Gel, Cleaning agents ( List here: http://drbenkim.com/articles/triclosan-products.htm)
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Research
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Soap antimicrobial may damage liver and raise cancer risk, mouse study shows

Long-term exposure to triclosan, an antimicrobial agent commonly found in a broad array of soaps, shampoos, toothpastes and other consumer products, may have potentially serious health consequences, reports a research team including a UC Davis scientist.

Data from a new study shows that triclosan causes liver fibrosis and cancer in laboratory mice through molecular mechanisms that are also relevant for humans. The study, led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, appears Nov. 17 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“Triclosan’s increasing detection in environmental samples and its increasingly broad use in consumer products may overcome its moderate benefit and present a very real risk of liver toxicity for people, as it does in mice, particularly when combined with other compounds with similar action,” said Robert H. Tukey, a professor in UC San Diego’s departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Pharmacology.

Tukey led the study with Professor Bruce D. Hammock, who has a joint appointment in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, and Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC Davis. Tukey and Hammock are directors of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Programs at their respective campuses.

Tukey, Hammock and their research colleagues, including Mei-Fei Yueh of UC San Diego, found that triclosan disrupted liver integrity and compromised liver function in mice. The mice exposed to triclosan for six months (roughly equivalent to 18 human years) were more susceptible to chemical-induced liver tumors. Their tumors were also larger and more frequent than those in mice not exposed to triclosan.

The study suggests triclosan may do its damage by interfering with a protein called the constitutive androstane receptor, which is responsible for clearing foreign chemicals from the body. To compensate for this stress, liver cells proliferate and turn fibrotic over time. Repeated triclosan exposure and continued liver fibrosis eventually promote tumor formation.

Triclosan is perhaps the most widely used consumer antibacterial. Studies have found traces of it in 97 percent of breast milk samples from lactating women and in the urine of nearly 75 percent of people tested. Triclosan also is common in the environment: It is one of the seven most frequently detected compounds in streams across the United States.

“We could reduce most human and environmental exposures by eliminating uses of triclosan that are high volume, but of low benefit, such as inclusion in liquid hand soaps,” Hammock said. “Yet we could also, for now, retain uses shown to have health value — as in toothpaste, where the amount used is small.”

Triclosan is already under scrutiny by the FDA, thanks to its widespread use and recent reports that it can disrupt hormones and impair muscle contraction.

Co-authors include Koji Taniguchi, Shujuan Chen and Michael Karin, UC San Diego; and Ronald M. Evans, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

This research was funded, in part, by U.S. Public Health Service grants ES010337, GM086713, GM100481, A1043477, ES002710 and ES004699.

 
http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11092

2 thoughts on “Germ Phobia invites Liver Damage and Cancer”

  1. ‘Are There Benefits of Triclosan?
    ….
    In December 2017, the FDA issued a final rule regarding certain OTC health-care antiseptic products. As a result, companies will not be able to use triclosan or 23 other active ingredients in these products without premarket review due to insufficient data regarding their safety and effectiveness.’

    Posted from:
    https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm205999.htm

    And since then the whole of self care and otc market in the US is over hauling it’s goods.

    Reply

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