Comments on: Bath and Body Works/Triclosan Update: KS Responds to their Reply

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:22:23 +0000

Leanne,
There are plenty of natural brands out there – read ingredients for anything NOT including triclosan, and, at best, sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate. I currently use handmade soaps from Graham’s Gardens or MadeOn Lotion Bar. If I refill a foaming pump, I use castille soap or Shaklee Basic H.
Katie

By: Leanne

Leanne — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:57:14 +0000

This is great information. Thanks! Do you have any recommendations for alternative soap that is both safe to use and not harmful to the enivornment?

By: momtomomhealth

momtomomhealth — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:11:40 +0000

Thanks for the helpful information! Here are just a few products which contain Triclosan:
Dial Liquid Soap, Softsoap Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap, Clearasil Daily Face Wash, Clean and Clear Foaming Facial Cleanser, Jasons Natural Cosmetics, Aveeno Therapeutic Shave Gel, and many more….read your labels.

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By: Tori

Tori — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:45:04 +0000

I love what all of you are doing and I’m looking for ways to contribute. I just followed links to these posts about triclosan today, while I knew that the anti-bacterial craze was going way overboard, and potentially harmful by increasing resistant bacteria, I had no idea it was so very serious. But I had to laugh when I followed the last link (above) and the first thing I saw at the top of the web page was an ad for none other than Bath & Body Works!
oh boy! (the link in question was: “Getting rid of triclosan definitely Works for Me!” linking to http://www.wearethatfamily.com/2009/09/wfmw-homework-center.html)
Keep up the good work!
Tori

By: Tanya Brown

Tanya Brown — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:33:07 +0000

I got two responses. Both were really nothing. The first one is just saying that she forwarded my message to a different person. This is the response from the different person:

Case # 2196810

Dear Tanya,

We appreciate you taking the time to write us in regards to our policies, services and products. We value your inquiry and your interest in Bath & Body Works and The White Barn Candle Co.

Our company uses triclosan in antimicrobial personal care products which provide essential benefit to the consumer. We understand the concerns raised regarding triclosan uses and its potential fate in the environment. For antimicrobial personal care products, the fate in the environment is typically wastewater. Once in sewage treatment plants, triclosan is almost completely removed from the wastewater through biodegradation. Research shows that only small traces are detectable in the water that finally reaches rivers. The little amount that does arrive is degraded to almost a non-existent state by either biological or photolytic processes. Multiple studies on the behavior of triclosan in the human body show that triclosan, when absorbed through the skin or orally, is very rapidly eliminated from the body, and has no adverse impact on human health. We are confident in the responsible use of triclosan in our products that provide essential benefit to the consumer.

Thanks again for contacting us. We hope you will continue to enjoy your favorites from Bath & Body Works and The White Barn Candle Co. If we can do anything else for you, please feel free to reply to this e-mail (please do not change the subject line) or call us at 1-800-395-1001.

Sincerely,

Tami Henry

Tami Henry
Customer Relations Representative

By: Tanya Brown

Tanya Brown — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:55:16 +0000

I sent in my reply. Guess we will see what kind of reply we get this time:)

By: Louisa

Louisa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:58:15 +0000

Sent my reply in too. Thanks Katie.

By: MamaHall

MamaHall — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:54:04 +0000

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” -Gandhi

Good job- keep on pressing forward and CHANGE is bound to happen!