Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Is Antibacterial Soap Actually Unhealthy?

For a long time the benefits of using antibacterial soap instead of plain soap and water has been debated. Does antibacterial soap really clean better? Is it really necessary to kill bacteria with a specialized soap? Is it harmful in the long run?

Now it seems that these questions might be legitimate in view of new research that suggests that the chemical Triclosan used in antibacterial soaps to kill bacteria may actually be allowing dangerous bacteria like staph to build up in the nose and also to increase the risks of infection when other procedures are performed on a person.

Read the entire study here for more technical aspects to this concern and see what manufacturers of products containing Triclosan are doing or plan on doing in the months and years ahead.

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