Recent media reports about an ingredient we use in our Colgate Total brand toothpaste are not based on facts or science. As we are talking about one of the best-selling toothpastes in the U.S., we ...

In September 2016, the FDA ruled that a host of products could no longer be sold due to their containing triclosan, an antimicrobial agent. What's False Despite containing triclosan, the toothpaste ...

CINCINNATI -- An antibacterial chemical now effectively banned in soap is still used in the nation's best-selling toothpaste brand. If you're a Procter and Gamble loyalist, you won't find it in your ...

A headline warns consumers about triclosan, an ingredient in some consumer products: "If you are using this toothpaste .... throw it away immediately!" Facebook users flagged the Nov. 28 story on ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The FDA has banned a controversial chemical found in antibacterial soap, but it turns out that ingredient is still legal in toothpaste. Plain old soap and water — that is now the ...

Since cancer seems to be an ever-present enemy, we greet the appearance of its lethal emissaries in prosaic objects with a morbid lack of surprise: carcinogens lurk in coffee, hamburgers, rugs, ...

Colgate Total toothpaste contains an antibacterial ingredient called triclosan. As we recently reported, a Bloomberg News story raised concerns over the potentially harmful effects of the chemical.

Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical used in the toothpaste Colgate Total, has been linked to cancer-cell growth in animals, a Bloomberg News investigation found. The Food and Drug Administration ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The FDA has banned a controversial chemical found in antibacterial soap, but it turns out that ingredient is still legal in toothpaste. Plain old soap and water -- that is ...