Bath & Body Works: No Marketing Toxics to Teens

Thanks to your efforts spreading the word about the dangers of triclosan and supporting the legal petitions calling for the removal of triclosan from consumer products, many major companies are quietly and quickly removing triclosan from their products. Colgate-Palmolive, makers of SoftSoap and GlaxoSmithKline makers of Aquafresh and Sensodyne toothpastes have reformulated their products to exclude triclosan.

We need to hold companies accountable for the safety of the substances they put into their products and take action against stores that are still selling many triclosan-containing products.  Bath & Body Works, the body care chain popular with teens and young children, uses the triclosan in a vast array of their body care products, even boasting that the products will help “Spread love, Not germs.”

This is unacceptable.  Products that are targeted towards and used by preteens and teens should not have harmful chemicals in them.

As you know, triclosan is not only a hormone disruptor found at increasing concentrations in human urine and breast milk, but also contaminates waterways and possibly even the water we drink. To add insult to injury, triclosan is not even effective against harmful bacteria, including those found in hospitals.

Join us in telling Bath & Body Works:  “Stop using toxic triclosan in your products.”

If you have not done so already, sign the pledge to be triclosan-free.