New research: your hand soap could kill you

Exposure to the chemical in these products may kill over time.

Death by hand soap?

It’s no joke and worried researchers are trying to get the word out to the public about this latest health risk. Why? Because America may be collectively poisoning itself with the substance.

It’s nearly ubiquitous in many kinds of household cleaning products from liquid hand soaps to dish washing liquids to certain types of deodorants.

What is this stuff?

It’s a chemical agent that’s antimicrobial called triclosan. It’s toxic. It’s a registered pesticide. Exposure to it may kill over time.

And it’s almost everywhere you turn.

The triclosan molecule…officially a pesticide.

Personal poison

According to research done by Food and Water Watch, triclosan “affects reproduction in lab animals, produces toxic chemicals such as dioxin and chloroform when it reacts with other chemicals like the chlorine in water, irritates skin in humans and might even cause cancer.” 

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