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Hand soap recalled for potential contamination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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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.
Soap is a detergent that breaks up bacterial cell walls and kills them. This recall makes no sense, bacteria can't live in detergent.
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 The FDA rescinded its authorization of triclosan and a bunch of other similar antibacterial ingredients in 2016 and prohibited the marketing of antibacterial soaps and body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?