Six Reasons to Stop Using Anti-bacterial Soap

People seem to have this incessant fear of germs. Commercials on TV tell us about all the germs living on our kitchen counters; when you go to the grocery stores, they have wipe dispensers to clean off the grocery cart handles; we spray our homes with deodorizing aerosols that kill germs floating in the air – all in the name of protecting us from these so-called deadly germs that just might cause the next Great Plague.

One of the largest selling products on the market, to the tune of about $1billion annually, is anti-bacterial soap. The active ingredient in this soap, and many wipe products, is triclosan, which manufacturers call “safe and effective”. But is it really? 

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