FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
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Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#2Good. It's pointless to disinfect and reinfect your hands so many times in a day. Soap should be used to make lipids and other grime water-soluble. That's it.
If you need to sterilize your hands, then you should use a separate product dedicated to that because chances are you are a doctor.
Not sterilizing your hands all the time is actually good (in most cases) because it allows your body to sample the latest and greatest baddies and keep immunity up-to-date.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#3Is there any reason why these companies would include a seemingly ineffective element into their product other than being able to say "antibacterial" on the label? It couldn't possibly have been CHEAPER to add them to soaps when it became the new meta, so it'd be interesting if marketing was the sole reason for it.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#4Is there any reason why these companies would include a seemingly ineffective element into their product other than being able to say "antibacterial" on the label? It couldn't possibly have been CHEAPER to add them to soaps when it became the new meta, so it'd be interesting if marketing was the sole reason for it.
Marketing to consumer misinformation is common. And once one company does it, others need to follow, because the cost of educating the consumer far out ways the cost of just following a trend.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#5Finally. This was a long time coming from a public health perspective, and the FDA could have done this any time citing lack of efficacy.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#6Is there any reason why these companies would include a seemingly ineffective element into their product other than being able to say "antibacterial" on the label? It couldn't possibly have been CHEAPER to add them to soaps when it became the new meta, so it'd be interesting if marketing was the sole reason for it.
It's called "blue crystals" in marketing jargon, after literal blue crystals and other pointless things. Anything that can be used for market differentiation or that creates a "health aura" effect can boost sales.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#7Is there any reason why these companies would include a seemingly ineffective element into their product other than being able to say "antibacterial" on the label? It couldn't possibly have been CHEAPER to add them to soaps when it became the new meta, so it'd be interesting if marketing was the sole reason for it.
For the same reason it was effective for marketing: It wasn't immediately obvious _to anyone_ that the additives were ineffective.
Very very often human beings have to make decisions based on incomplete data. If it had turned out that antibiotics in soap saved lives what would we be saying if the industry that had waited years for iron clad proof before taking the relatively inexpensive step of putting it in?
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#8What's the medical standard for soap?
Also, this may sound silly, but does "anti-bacterial" vs. "anti-septic" factor in here? Could soap just be made more caustic to achieve the same effect without drugs?
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#9Is there any reason why these companies would include a seemingly ineffective element into their product other than being able to say "antibacterial" on the label? It couldn't possibly have been CHEAPER to add them to soaps when it became the new meta, so it'd be interesting if marketing was the sole reason for it.
It's called "blue crystals" in marketing jargon, after literal blue crystals and other pointless things. Anything that can be used for market differentiation or that creates a "health aura" effect can boost sales.
Do you have a source for this "blue crystals" term? I'm interested.
Re: FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
#10I hope its not too little too late, we've known about bacterial resistance for decades at this point. Here is hoping animal feed is next.