WASHINGTON — On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) said that it would require soap manufacturers to demonstrate that
the substances were safe or they would be required to take them out of
the products altogether, according to the New York Times.
The proposal was applauded by public health experts, who have been urging the agency to regulate antimicrobial chemicals for years, warning that they risk "scrambling hormones in children and promoting drug-resistant infections," the article stated.
According to the article, the proposed rule does not require producers of the soaps to take them off the market immediately; the FDA has given companies a year to "produce data showing that the chemicals are both safe and effective."
If companies cannot prove that their products are safe, the chemicals will need to be removed, the article noted.
The rule will be open for public comment for 180 days, and does not currently apply to hand sanitizers, which will be considered separately, the article added.
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