Warning For Antibacterial Soaps

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Hi y'all,

 

I doubt if any of the below info will shock you or even enlighten you.

Except maybe the bit on the sponges .. that caught my eye big time.

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If you're using antibacterial soaps with the idea they will protect you

from common health ailments, heed this warning from Columbia University:

They don't work the way you think they will. The Associated Press

reports that 120 New York City families were given anti-bacterial

cleaning products and were then monitored for almost a year. The

results: They got the same number of runny noses, sore throats, and

fevers as another group of families who used regular soaps and detergents.

 

If you have used your kitchen sponge longer than two or three days,

listen up: It's swimming with millions of bacteria, specifically E.

coli, salmonella, or campylobacter. Find out a quick and easy way to

kill them all now!

 

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The Columbia researchers also determined that anti-bacterial cleaning

products did not reduce the risk for symptoms of the viral infections

that cause colds, coughs, and stomach aches. But such products do have

one advantage that may justify their cost even if they don't kill

viruses: Just as the name implies, antibacterial soaps kill bacteria.

Lead study author Elaine Larson explained to AP that the difference may

not be clear to consumers. " People think, in their heads, that if they

use an antibacterial soap, it will keep them from getting an infection, "

she told the news service. " What we found is that these products don't

offer much added value. "

 

Here are some natural ways to prevent colds and flu that really do work!

 

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Physicians are concerned about the growing use of antibacterial soaps in

the home, since their widespread use could lead to the evolution of

harder-to-kill, antibiotic-resistant germs. The study findings were

published in Tuesday's edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

 

Find out why some scientists are actively discouraging use of

antibacterial soaps in the home.

 

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