Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long runwww.fda.govexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long runwww.fda.govDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI 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.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoNot 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.
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.
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.