>>> A HEALTH ALERT FOR ANYONE
WHO USES ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP,
WHETHER YOU USE IT TO WASH YOUR
HANDS OR BODY, THE FDA HAS A
WARNING FOR YOU.
WE TOLD OUTYESTERDAY, 19
INGREDIENTS IN THE SOAPS ARE NOW
BANNED BY THE FDA AND BY THIS
SEPTEMBER YOU'LL NO LONGER SEE
THEM ON STORE SHELVES.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE.
THESE ARE JUST WHAT YOU USEIOR
ON YOUR HANDS, IT ALSO AFFECTS
BODY SOAPS.
THE BARS THAT YOU MAY USE ON
YOUR KIDS.
DO JOINING US NOW THIS MORNING
ON THE MORNING SHOW TO DISCUSS
WHAT DANGERS THESE SOAPS COULD
POSE NOT JUST TO US BUT OUR
FAMILY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKING TO
FIRST START BECAUSE THERE IS A
LONG LIST OF 19 CHEMICALS AND I
COUNT PRONOUNCE SOME OF THEM SO
BASICALLY WHAT OUR VIEWERS NEED
TO KNOW IS ANYTHING CONTAINING
ANTIBACTERIA.
TRICLOSAT.
SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT IS
RECOMMENDED.
AND NOT ONLY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN
FOUND WITH BE ANYMORE EFFECTIVE
POTENTIAL CONCERN THAT IF
THEY'RE USED OVER MANY, MANY
YEARS, THEY ARE ABSORBED AND
THEY COULD CAUSE POTENTIAL HARM.
>> Jennifer: LET'S TALK MORE
IN-DEPTH ABOUT THAT.
THESE ARE JUST ON OUR HANDS.
THIS HAS IT SAYS FOAMING
ANTIBACTERIAL, ALL OF THESE DO.
NOT ALL HAND SOAPS CONTAIN
ANTIBACTERIAL.
EYOU WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THIS IS BECAUSE YOU'RE WARNING
IT ON HANDS AND GETTING IN YOUR
SKIN.
>>> IT CAN BE ABSORBED THROUGH
THE MOUTH.
>>> ANY PART OF THE BODY THAT
SAYS, ANTIBACTERIAL ON IT, IT
HAS CHEMICALS THAT POTENTIALLY
SKIN.
AND OVER MANY YEARS, WE'RE
WORRIED THAT MAYBE THESE WILL
EFFECT HORMONES AND ANIMAL
STUDIES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
AFFECT THE HORMONE, THYROID
HORMONE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE
THE RISK OF RESISTANT BACTERIA
SYSTEM.
>>> AND THE THYROID HORMONE
EFFECTS JUST IN ANIMALS WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY THEN IF
IT WERE AN ISSUE IF HUMAN?
>> THERE HORMONES ARE VERY
COMPLEX, WHAT THEY DO IN THE
BODY AND THIS WHOLE REGULATION
IS WHAT IS AFFECTED IN ANIMALS.
WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT
IT WILL DO.
SIGNIFICANT.
WE DO KNOW THEY AFFECT HORMONES
IN ANIMAL STUDIES AND SINCE
THERE IS NO PROVEN BENEFIT OF
THESE CHEMICAL, THEY'RE NOT ANY
BETTER THAN SOAP AND WATER IN,
YOU KNO REMOVING GERMS AND
PREVENTING DISEASE, SO THERE IS
REALLY NO UPSIDE OF USING THESE
CHEMICALS.
>> LET'S SAY AND MY CHILDREN
HAVE BEEN USING THIS SOAP FOR
YEAR, I CAN TELL YOU, DO I NEED
SOAP?
>>> I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.
NOW THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT
SHOW THAT PROBABLY 75% OF HAVES
ABSORBED THESE POPULATION
STUDIES THAT THEY ARE IS CRETED
IN THE YOU'REIN AND WE HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO THEM.
SINCE THERE IS NO BENEFIT,
REALLY THE TAKE HOME MESSAGE IS
WASH YOUR HANDS.
20 TO 30 SECONDS VIGOROUSLY WITH
REGULAR PLAIN SOAP AND WATER AND
AVOID ANY KINDS OF EITHER BODY
WASHES OR BAR SOAP OR ANYTHING
THAT I SAYS ANTIBACTERIAL ON IT.
>> THE REALITY IS, IT MAY BE A
YESTERDAY.
IT MAY WITH A WHILE BEFORE SOME
OF THESE ARE PULLED FROM STORE
SHELFS AND CONSUMERS MAY ASSUME,
OH WELL THEY'VE TAKEN IT OFF THE
SHELFS AND NOT PAY ATTENTION.
>>> SOME MANUFACTURERS HAVE
STARTED TAKING THEM OFF.
BUT THE FDA HAS GIVEN THEM A
YEAR TO GET THEM OFF THE MARKET
SO RIGHT NOW ANYTHING THAT SAYS
ANTIBACTERIAL, A BODY WASH,
THAT.
USE REGULAR SOAP AND WATER.
IT IS JUST AS EFFECTIVE AND
PROBABLY SAFER.
>>> THIS DOES NOT INCLUDES,
THOUGH, THE WIPES THAT WE SEE,
CORRECT, AS WELL AS ANYTHING
THAT IS THE HAND SANITIZER.
ACTUALLY INVESTIGATING.
THERE ARE THREE CHEMICALS THAT
BEING INVESTIGATED.
BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE NOT
BEING RESTRICTED.
THEY'RE NOT TAKEN OFF THE MARKET
AND ALSO ANTISEPTICS USED IN
HOSPITAL SETTINGS AND THOSE HAVE
EITHER.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
DO APPRECIATE IT.