Despite increasing interest in the effects of triclosan and triclocarban on human biology, current knowledge is still limited on the impact of these additives to antimicrobial personal care products on the human microbiome. A carefully designed recent study published in mSphere by Poole and colleagues [A. C. Poole et al., mSphere 1(3):e00056-15, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00056-15] highlights both the power of novel methodologies for microbiome elucidation and the longstanding challenge of employing small-cohort studies to inform risk assessment for chemicals of ubiquitous use in modern society.
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- Lessons Learned From Probing for Impacts of Triclosan and Triclocarban on Human Microbiomes
- Halden, Rolf (Author)
- Biodesign Institute (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1128/mSphere.00089-16
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value2379-5042
- The final version of this article, as published in MSphere, can be viewed online at: http://msphere.asm.org/content/1/3/e00089-16, opens in a new window
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Halden, R. U. (2016). Lessons Learned from Probing for Impacts of Triclosan and Triclocarban on Human Microbiomes. MSphere, 1(3). doi:10.1128/msphere.00089-16