Six hand soaps distributed across 15 states have been recalled over possible bacterial contamination. See the brands, lot codes and affected products.
Six hand soaps distributed across 15 states have been recalled over possible bacterial contamination. See the brands, lot codes and affected products.
Stop using antibacterial soap. Just using soap washes the bacteria off your skin and down the sink. We don’t need to try to kill them and encourage resistant strains.
I think the US has mostly phased out antibacterial soap. The FDA rescinded its authorization of triclosan and a bunch of other similar antibacterial ingredients in 2016 and prohibited the marketing of antibacterial soaps and body washes with those ingredients as antiseptic or antibacterial.
This particular contamination of these 6 recalled products are hand soaps that aren’t antibacterial.
No, it’s still widely available. I have to have this argument with my wife on a regular basis.
Huh, interesting. What brands are still marketing themselves as antibacterial soap, and what are their active ingredients?
Pretty much every hand soap brand has antibacterial options. Softsoap, Dial, Suave, Dove, etc.
Benzalkoniun Chloride seems to be the anti-bacterial agent used now.
I only use it for my menstrual cup
Can’t you just boil it? That’s safer than antibiotics
Mash them, put them in a stew.
Not every time I change it
Soap is a detergent that breaks up bacterial cell walls and kills them. This recall makes no sense, bacteria can’t live in detergent.
Please learn how soap works before telling people how soap works