title: Triclosan: an Instructive Tale.
abstract: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a final rule to ban triclosan and 18 other antimicrobial chemicals from soaps. We applaud this rule specifically because of the associated risks that triclosan poses to the spread of antibiotic resistance throughout the environment. This persistent chemical constantly stresses bacteria to adapt, and behavior that promotes antibiotic resistance needs to be stopped immediately when the benefits are null.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.affiliation: Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Stuart.Levy@tufts.edu.|Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D012915:Soaps / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014260:Triclosan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D012915:Soaps; D014260:Triclosan