Triclosan a Hazardous Antibacterial Agent, Works ‘No Better than Regular Soap’ http://bit.ly/1Foi7HZ
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Triclosan a Hazardous Antibacterial Agent, Works ‘No Better than Regular Soap’ http://bit.ly/1Foi7HZ
Cold weather will soon be here, kids are bringing home colds from school, and flu season is right around the corner – so parents are beginning to focus even more on antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers. But scientists in Korea have found that antibacterial soaps are a waste of money and don’t work any better than regular soaps. What’s more, the use of antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers is contributing to the development of bacterial superbugs.
Not only that, but many antibacterial soaps are bad for you, too.
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy published a new study that found that antibacterial soaps aren’t any more effective than regular soaps for regular handwashing. [1]
Antibacterial soaps contain triclosan, and when bacteria are exposed to the substance for hours a time, triclosan does prove to be stronger than regular hand soap ingredients. But that doesn’t really matter, because most people spend mere seconds washing their hands, not hours. Further, there are a number of triclosan dangers most people aren’t aware of.
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