During the public policy debate in Minnesota over efforts to ban the antibacterial ingredient triclosan, the group Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) relied on distortions and fear-mongering, according to Douglas Troutman, vice president and counsel, government affairs, American Cleaning Institute. “They pushed for this ban in the face of a great deal of information showing triclosan to be a safe and effective ingredient,” he said in a statement. Troutman said the group’s sel...