Interesting I knew that this was all marketing from previous reading but I had trouble finding a soap that didn't say anti-bacterial that was cheaper so I just went with it
FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
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#12I thought triclosan was already banned. They pulled it off the shelves a while ago.
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#13What'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?
Possibly, but then it won't be the same kind of consumer product, and it'll be less-comfortable and harsher on skin.
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#14It seems weird they get out in front of these ingridients but let bpa slide for decades which has documented harm.
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#15I use antibacterial soap once in a while when I get really bad body Oder and it seems to make it go away. Regular soap hasn't been effective when this happens.
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#16Interesting I knew that this was all marketing from previous reading but I had trouble finding a soap that didn't say anti-bacterial that was cheaper so I just went with it
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#17Is 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.
As the article mentions, triclosan can be effective in a completely different setting. It reminds me of another recent study that showed phenylephrine HCL gets metabolised too quickly to do any good when taken orally, even though it's very effective as a nasal spray. Many people switched to it when pseudoephedrine HCL/Sudafed went behind the counter, but the pills literally don't do anything they say they do.
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#18I 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.
Yup that would probably be one of the big thing in the whole antibiotic crisis and just making sure the farm environment is good once you can't rely on just flooding them with antibiotic and keep them alive.
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#19It seems weird they get out in front of these ingridients but let bpa slide for decades which has documented harm.
Documented harm? Come on, stop making things up. There are hints at correlations between BPA exposure and adverse health effects. There are animal studies with extremely high doses.
But there is no direct evidence of adverse health effects on any humans caused by BPA.
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#20Finally! . No more Triclosan and other dangerous stuff. I stopped using antibacterial soap a while ago. Switched to Method and have been using that brand for all my cleaning needs. Triclosan is also present in facial cleansing stuff and lots of other products like toothpaste etc. Scary stuff.