The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is in the middle of a lengthy review of the chemical triclosan — a product that’s in countless consumer products like toothpaste and soap. There’s a movement to try and get the product more stringently regulated in the United States — or banned outright. And they might have just gotten a boost from Canada.
A panel of scientists are urging the U.S. government to cut dramatically the level of lead exposure that’s believed to be safe, after continued research suggested that even at levels considered safe, neurological damage was occurring.