{"id":15887,"date":"2017-11-01T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=15887"},"modified":"2018-06-28T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T12:14:50","slug":"triclosan-can-stay-long-toothbrushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=15887","title":{"rendered":"Triclosan can stay for long on toothbrushes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Triclosan is a harmful antibacterial agent, found in toothpastes, soaps, wipes, clothes, etc. It is mostly used in toothpastes and accumulates in toothbrush bristles, according to scientists. This means that your exposure to triclosan can continue even when you change your toothpaste to a non-triclosan one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Triclosan is now banned in the Unites States in soaps, wipes and gels. However, it is still allowed in toothpaste as it has anti-inflammatory quality, which helps in reducing gum inflammation, cavities and plaque, said lead researcher, Baoshan Xing, professor of environmental chemistry, University of Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Previous researches indicated that triclosan can interrupt hormones in humans and animals. Researchers also claim that it may lead to antibiotic resistance and can harm the marine life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In the research, Xing&#8217;s team simulated brushing the tooth with 22 toothbrushes using a range of toothpastes. The study reported that the accumulation of triclosan on these brushes is 7 to 12 doses of the amount used per brushing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">According to the study, toothbrushes with \u201ctongue cleaners\u201d and \u201cpolishing cups\u201d are generally made out of elastomers \u2013 a viscoelastic polymer \u2013 that absorb the maximum amount of triclosan. During the stay, when the researchers switched to a different toothpaste with no triclosan while keeping the same brushes, the toothbrushes continually released the chemical for 2 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The American Chemical Society said that in addition to extended exposure of triclosan, this chemical gets into the environment when used brushes are thrown away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of triclosan in antiseptic washes as it could be risky and also because there is no strong evidence to prove that it is more effective in killing germs than soap and water. However, triclosan still finds application in cookware and clothing as for these, no FDA approval is required.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triclosan is a harmful antibacterial agent, found in toothpastes, soaps, wipes, clothes, etc. It is mostly used in toothpastes and accumulates in toothbrush bristles, according to scientists. This means that your exposure to triclosan can continue even when you change your toothpaste to a non-triclosan one. Triclosan is now banned in the Unites States in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12660],"tags":[33605],"class_list":["post-15887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-health-news","tag-toothbrushes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}