Has Triclosan come up on this thread yet? I only really found out about it through trying to figure out the chloroform mystery. Google to read more about this chemical, but basically, it's in everything nowadays including bedding, garbage bags, car interiors, etc. It's the main ingredient in Microban, as well. The concern over this chemical is that when mixed with chlorinated drinking water it produces....wait for it....chloroform. Chloroform is carcinogenic (didn't know that either), but what I've read says that the EPA says that there is little risk to humans from whatever low exposure one might receive from household chemicals, etc. Some toothpastes contain triclosan, for example and so theoretically when you rinse the toothpaste out, a very small amount of chloroform will be released (though not enough to notice), if I am reading all of this right.
However, "normal household use" may not take into account situations like:
Spraying a cleaning agent containing triclosan in your trunk to wash away/mask human decomposition then closing your trunk containing a heated, sealed environment.
Or, if you suppose Caylee DID drown in the pool, was she dripping wet when wrapped in either bedding or a garbage bag that contained triclosan?
http://www.dioxinfacts.org/dioxin_health/dioxin_rumors/triclosan.html
oint #1: the same physiological "stuff" would occur as the previous scenarios I stated.
