Regulations

Minnesota Bans Triclosan, Others May Follow

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill to make Minnesota the first state in the US to prohibit the use of triclosan in most retail consumer hygiene products. The Minnesota House and Senate passed it earlier last week because of health and environmental concerns about the chemical. The ban, which is vigorously opposed by the American Cleaning Institute, isn’t due to take effect until Jan. 1, 2017, but one of its lead sponsors, Sen. John Marty, predicted that the odds are good that most manufacturers will...

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