What products contain triclosan?
Triclosan is a chemical antibacterial agent used in most handwashes, liquid soaps and sanitizers. Companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Unilever and Proctor & Gamble all use triclosan in their hygiene products but are reviewing their uses of this chemical as of recent consumer pressure. Currently, no authoritative body in the world can say that triclosan is hazardous to human health, yet the FDA are reveiwing tricolsan’s effect on humans.