The Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban.
- Halden RU Biodesign Center for Environmental Security, Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona, USA.
- Lindeman AE Green Science Policy Institute , Berkeley, California, USA.
- Aiello AE Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
- Andrews D Environmental Working Group, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Arnold WA Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Fair P Medical University of South Carolina , Department of Public Health Sciences, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- Fuoco RE Health Research Communication Strategies , Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Geer LA Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, State University of New York, Downstate School of Public Health , Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Johnson PI California Safe Cosmetics Program, California Department of Public Health , Richmond, California, USA.
- Lohmann R University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography , Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA.
- McNeill K Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics , ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Sacks VP Independent Researcher , Berkeley, California, USA.
- Schettler T Science and Environmental Health Network, Ames, Iowa, USA.
- Weber R POPs Environmental Consulting, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.
- Zoeller RT University of Massachusetts Amherst , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
- Blum A Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley , Berkeley, California, USA.
- 2017-06-21
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- Environmental health perspectives. - 2017
Anti-Infective Agents
Carbanilides
Cosmetics
Endocrine Disruptors
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Policy
Environmental Pollutants
Triclosan
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The Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban documents a consensus of more than 200 scientists and medical professionals on the hazards of and lack of demonstrated benefit from common uses of triclosan and triclocarban. These chemicals may be used in thousands of personal care and consumer products as well as in building materials. Based on extensive peer-reviewed research, this statement concludes that triclosan and triclocarban are environmentally persistent endocrine disruptors that bioaccumulate in and are toxic to aquatic and other organisms. Evidence of other hazards to humans and ecosystems from triclosan and triclocarban is presented along with recommendations intended to prevent future harm from triclosan, triclocarban, and antimicrobial substances with similar properties and effects. Because antimicrobials can have unintended adverse health and environmental impacts, they should only be used when they provide an evidence-based health benefit. Greater transparency is needed in product formulations, and before an antimicrobial is incorporated into a product, the long-term health and ecological impacts should be evaluated. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1788.
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- DOI 10.1289/EHP1788
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