Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long runwww.fda.govexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down16cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1428arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareBone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down6·4 months agoI’ve reduced to antibacterial in the bathroom only and any old soap in the kitchen. Could be I don’t need the bathroom one either.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 months agosoap is creating an enviroment that makes the bacteria lose its grip on the things its holding (you). antibacterial soap is killing the bacteria while making it lose its grip on you it doesn’t need to be killed to be removed from you, basic soap is good enough unless you are in a hospital environment
I’ve reduced to antibacterial in the bathroom only and any old soap in the kitchen. Could be I don’t need the bathroom one either.
soap is creating an enviroment that makes the bacteria lose its grip on the things its holding (you).
antibacterial soap is killing the bacteria while making it lose its grip on you
it doesn’t need to be killed to be removed from you, basic soap is good enough unless you are in a hospital environment