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  1. Aaron Stephens Aaron Stephens United States says:

    From these data points, the half-life of triclosan in soil is less than 3.5mo.  So tricolan in biosolids is only of minor concern, not all the hype that some are pushing so hard to have us believe.

    From this 3.5mo half-life value, we can calculate that there will be more than 99% reduction (biological degradation) in two years. There will be a 99.9% reduction in less than three years. Conveniently, it works out that there is a little more than a log (base 10) reduction every year. So in 5 years, there is more than a 99.999% reduction in the original triclosan value.

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