Right now, if you used a conventional deodorant this morning, you may actually have a biocide known as Triclosan slathered all over your arm pits. The purpose of this compound is to kill off the bacteria that creates body odor. For a list of reference information about Triclosan check out the EPA’s Pesticides Page “Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Index for Triclosan (I’m not kidding, Pesticides)…Huh.. Triclosan is of course one of those “nice” names given to complex chemicals. So to be more accurate, you actually have something in the chlorinated diphenyl ether group slathered all over your [...click to contimue reading...]