Is Your Antibacterial Handwash Completely Safe?

Ticlosanis an active ingredient that provides an antimicrobial effect in most of the hand washes around the world.

However, over the past few years, research has thrown up some startling findings. Long-term usage of these products with Triclosan can lead to an antimicrobial resistance over a period of time, alongside causing a hormonal imbalance observed in animals and likely in humans in the future. Thus, this ingredient has been designated as a contaminant of emerging concern (CEC). These emerging contaminants, these synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals are not commonly monitored in the environment but have the potential to enter the environment and cause known or suspected adverse ecological and (or) human health effects. Triclosan is therefore believed to accumulate in wastewater and return to drinking water, thus propagating a buildup that can cause health concerns spanning from disinfection resistance to endocrine disruption.