This School Year, Parents Encouraged to Fight Germs without Hazardous Antibacterials

This School Year, Parents Encouraged to Fight Germs without Hazardous Antibacterials
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2272

"(Beyond Pesticides, August 19, 2009) As children return to school, health and environmental groups are encouraging parents to protect their children from harmful germs without using hazardous chemicals in lunch bags, school supplies, soaps and sanitizers. The dangers of and alternatives to using triclosan (often marketed as Microban) and the related compound triclocarban, are documented in new educational materials for parents."