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Published online 25 May 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010531-1
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Groceries trip triclosan switch
Shower gel and mustard may boost antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Products containing the antibacterial chemical triclosan have had a bad press lately because of fears that they may promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A trip to the supermarket suggests that triclosan may have been given a worse name than it deserves, say scientists from the University of Manchester in Britain.
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