cellboy: (Mr Peabody and Sherman)
cellboy ([personal profile] cellboy) wrote2007-12-06 01:19 pm

Antibacterial Soaps are not that good? Resistant strains ahead?

I have always felt that these soaps really do no good at all. This obsession with antibacterial this and that products, I believe, is spawning a new generation of resistant bacteria (the Darwin game), which we do not need.
For my kitchen counter tops, I just use either Windex, or the best, old fashioned diluted Chorox in a spray bottle (this is also the trick used to kill mold spores inside of walls after water intrusion). For my bathrooms, I use the same, X-14, and Comet too.
Related articles:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801039.html
http://www.nurseweek.com/features/98-10/soap.html

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