FDA Finally Reviewing Controversial Ingredient In Soap After 40 Years Of Procrastination

FDA Finally Reviewing Controversial Ingredient In Soap After 40 Years Of Procrastination: In 1972, Congress passed a law requiring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration set guidelines for anti-bacterial chemicals commonly used in soap. In a tentative draft published in 1978, the FDA identified one such chemical, triclosan, as potentially dangerous. Yet 35 years later, the FDA still has not finalized those guidelines, and triclosan has become [...]/p