Is tooth paste & medicated mouth rince bad for health?

Colgate-Palmolive claims that it is. But some environmental health activists are not so sure. Triclosan is one of a cl of chemicals called chlorinated aromatics, containing one or more benzene rings with one or more chlorine atoms bound to carbon atoms. Triclosan's chemical name is 2,4,4'-trichloro 2'-hydroxy diphenyl ether, which is a complicated way of saying that it has two benzene rings bound in the middle by an oxygen atom, 3 chlorine atoms bound to carbon atoms, and a hydroxy radical (oxygen and hydrogen