Triclosan, a common toothpaste ingredient can increase the risk of colon inflammation and cancer. Therefore, reducing the amounts of Triclosan in hand soaps and toothpastes can lower the risk of cancer.
‘Triclosan, a common toothpaste ingredient increases the risk of colon cancer. Therefore, reducing the amounts of Triclosan can lower the risk of colon inflammation and cancer.’
"These results, for the first time, suggest that triclosan could have adverse effects on gut health," said Guodong Zhang at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, US. Previous research has suggested that triclosan can have toxic effects at high doses, but the health effects of lower concentrations that a person might be exposed to remain unclear.
For the new study, the team fed mice with food containing various concentrations of triclosan for three weeks.
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Furthermore, triclosan exposure increased the severity of colon inflammation in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease -- an effect that persisted even when low doses of the chemical were administered.
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Interestingly, triclosan also reduced the diversity of commensal bacteria in the gut of mice, and germ-free mice were protected from the harmful effects, suggesting its pro-inflammatory actions may arise due to alteration of the gut microbiome.
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"Because this compound is so widely used, our study suggests that there is an urgent need to further evaluate the impact of triclosan exposure on gut health in preparation for the potential establishment of further regulatory policies," said co-author Haixia Yang, a postdoctoral fellow at the varsity.
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