There's no evidence OTC antibacterial soaps prevent disease more than washing with plain soap and water. Some antibacterial drugs can do more harm than good.
I was trying to buy some at target about a month ago and there were only like 2 options that even claimed to be soap. The rest were “hand wash” and all of it was weird generic brands I’d never heard of. I haven’t used it yet but I do not feel confident with that purchase at all.
Anything that can kill living organisms to the guaranteed percentage, isn’t not as cut and dry as “alcohol” in hand sanitizer. A lot of them are a based in chlorine.
(In the US) bans on some of the major AB chemicals went into effect in 2016, so that’s helped cut back on what’s on the shelves. Manufacturers have had to reformulate or just stop.
More public awareness is still very much necessary though
I’ve seen less and less anti-bacterial soap available at retail anyway.
Covid probably helped sell a few extra bottles. Now that concern is lessening people want their hands to smell like cinnamon.
I was trying to buy some at target about a month ago and there were only like 2 options that even claimed to be soap. The rest were “hand wash” and all of it was weird generic brands I’d never heard of. I haven’t used it yet but I do not feel confident with that purchase at all.
I never stopped to ask what is in " antibacterial" soap that makes it such? Do they straight-up put an antibiotic in it like fucking Neosporin?
Then you’ve got “hand sanitizer” which is usually just denatured ethanol and some gelling agent.
Anything that can kill living organisms to the guaranteed percentage, isn’t not as cut and dry as “alcohol” in hand sanitizer. A lot of them are a based in chlorine.
Not sure. I would have been happy with just a product from a brand I recognized that actually claimed to be soap without weird marketing weasel words.
(In the US) bans on some of the major AB chemicals went into effect in 2016, so that’s helped cut back on what’s on the shelves. Manufacturers have had to reformulate or just stop.
More public awareness is still very much necessary though