Antibacterial Overuse

I agree, but unfortunately it is hard to find products that aren't antibacterial. I like to use liquid hand soap becuase it is easier and less messy to use. But you just can't find liquid hand soap that isn't antibacterial anymore, it just isn't sold. Almost everyone seems to want more and more products to be antibacterial and eventually it will reach the point were there is no such thing. The resistant bacteria will have taken over and only very strong chemicals will kill them.

i agree with you there , when I was little I played on the farms and in the muck and paddled in the burns(streams) I got mucky from head to toe lol and I got imune , nowadays you never see a kid with a dirty face xx

When I started my job I was given a bottle of antibacterial hand wash. I was told to use it whenever I couldn't wash my hands. I have a couple of clients that insist I use it when I first enter their home. People really have become germ phobic.

I agree. In fact I read an article not too long ago that they found a very beneficial bacteria in dirt! Since people are so fussy about cleanliness these days they don't get exposed to this bacteria as much and therefore suffer more from allergies and asthma, etc. Dirt is good for you!

I don't use tons of that type of stuff. I do use antibacterial hand soap in the bathroom for washing hands after going to the bathroom and in the kitchen b/c of the meats and such that I handle. Other than that I use regular bar or liquid soap. AT PEACE WITHIN

This is just the news we all want to hear. I do agree with you. It seems we go from on extreme to another and then it backfires. We are germaholics. How did people survive all these years without the germ soap? Some germs are healthy for survival. My grandma never used it, and she lived to be 93. She was never sick, and didn't take medication either. I do believe we go overboard anymore.

I don't remember this much fear of germs either. A lot of things have more safty procautions. I agree there proberly are to many antibacterial products around and people are using them more then ever.

I think all the handwash in the market right now are antibacterial to some % so if even you do not want to use the antibacterial soap you have to buy it. Also I do not acre myself about the antibacterial thing usualyy but yes, i wrok in a lab with bacterius and other microorganism, soin that case i like to wash my and as much as possible with the best antibacterial handwash to prevent my self or other. So in some cases it is necessary still they may not kill all of the bactera oi inour hands but we have to see if it can kill the harmfull germs its fine. It is well known that bacteria from soil source and other waste source are not only harmfull but they have some good activity doing other things for us which in many cases is considered as Oranic process. So using antibacterial thing can ruin these bactera when this drain out from our home and mix into the soil.