How far will the average person go to stay clean? Manufacturers of household products ranging from dish towels to toothpaste have waged an aggressive assault on bacteria these past few years, effectively instilling "anti-bacterial" as an essential keyword in every consumer's quest to combat their enemies in day-to-day germ warfare. Cultural awareness of bacteria is not in itself such a terrible campaign to pursue: any New York subway rider can attest that – despite the public’s stubbornly widespread campaign to prove otherwise – cologne and perfume alone are not up to the daunting task of our defense. But the manufactured desire to have "antibacterial" stamped on every item in, around, and below the kitchen sink has spawned a dangerous appetite for far more than cleanliness: the pesticide triclosan has become nearly ubiquitous within the market of household cleaning supplies, and is threatening to expand its influence much further (sheets, socks, germless Spiderma... See full document!