Reining in the Overreaching FDA
December 8, 2016 | Investor’s Business Daily
Merrill Matthews writes that the FDA, like any bureaucracy, can overreach, citing the FDA’s recent decision to effectively ban antibacterial hand soaps, which he argues potentially compromises consumer health and safety in defiance of its own stated mission of protecting public health.
US ACI questions FDA proposal on antibacterial healthcare biocides
November 4, 2015 | Chemical Watch
Chemical Watch’s Biocides Hub details the American Cleaning Institute’s comments to FDA, which state there is no evidence of adverse health effects in humans because of the use of healthcare antiseptic products, which have “very favourable benefit/risk ratios demonstrated over many years of extensive use”.
Germ warfare at the FDA
June 21, 2015 | The Washington Times
S. Robert Lichter writes that media coverage of environmental health issues far more closely resembles the attitudes of environmental activists than those of scientific researchers, citing manmade chemicals and antibacterial hand soaps as examples.
June 17, 2015 | Forbes
Ryan Ellis writes that regulating hand soaps is part junk science and part litigator opportunism.
June 18, 2014 | The Hill
Newly proposed rules by the FDA could severely limit or even eliminate antibacterial soaps, potentially leading to an increase of up to 7.5 million food-borne illnesses and tens of billions of dollars of higher health care costs.
March 18, 2014 | Star Tribune
Paul Deleo of ACI points out that misinformation and confusion regarding the ingredient triclosan and its use in antibacterial products are fueling fears about this ingredient. Triclosan is safe, effective and regulated at the federal level.
January 9, 2014 | Star Tribune
Paul Deleo of ACI points out that misinformation and confusion regarding the ingredient triclosan and its use in antibacterial products are fueling fears about this ingredient. Triclosan is safe, effective and regulated at the federal level.
May 13, 2013 | Open Market.org
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC based think-tank, recently blogged about the inability of government agencies to come to a final conclusion about the safety of triclosan — even though they think it is safe.
May 3, 2013 | The Huffington Post
Paul Alexander, the author of Pandemic!, says triclosan is falling victim to decades long, turf wars, between FDA and EPA. In this piece, the EPA tells Alexander that they believe triclosan is safe, which is a welcome piece of news.
February 22, 2013 | Chicago Tribune
Statements claiming that the antibacterial ingredient triclosan is not regulated are simply false, the American Cleaning Institute writes in the Chicago Tribune. The FDA “has in its hands a wealth of scientific data showing a distinct germ-killing benefit of antibacterial soaps containing triclosan. Agencies in the U.S. and abroad have affirmed the safety and effectiveness of triclosan for use in a variety of consumer products,” says Dr. Paul DeLeo, ACI Senior Director of Environmental Safety.
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