Antibacterial products alters hormones?

[Inatic]

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/fda-taking-a-closer-look-at-key-chemical-in-anti-bacterials/

[Cathie]

I stopped buying antibacterial soaps a while ago. My family is still surviving. :lol:

[Erik]

I don't believe in 'antibacterial' stuff. We just use good, ol' fashioned soap.

[Inatic]

I rarely will use sanitizer unless im in a soap/waterless situation...

what worries me......At the preschool, in order to 'try' and control some of the germs, we are to use the antibacterial sprintz stuff on every child that comes into school that day..

if the kiddos should 'dig' in their nose, squirt their hands.. basically major over us of stuff..

we even are to wipe down the surfaces of all door knobs and stuff with antibacterial stuff..

at the elementry school, they have the stands with the stuff in all over the place..

I can see it used on cruises etc.. short term, HUGE crowds of people that you can enforces or know if people are washing, especially in the food area.. maybe install washing sinks ...

Basically major over use on such small little bodies...

I sent the link to the preschool, not sure what our policy will be going forward but i think it needs to be addressed.

[fitforfat]

I know nothing about antibacterial soap affecting hormones, but after running an experiment in my microbiology, I avoid using antimicrobial soap.
The resident flora in your skin helps balance the transient flora. By attempting to remove them both mechanically and chemically, you end up with one species as the superior competitor. It's like you're creating a super phage colony >_<
You cannot sterilize with those products, only disinfect. You're still left with ~.1 percent of bacteria and what percent do you think remains? The stronger/more resistant strains that are now no longer in competition and able to reproduce to astronomical levels.

/paranoia. I just stick with the hand soap.

[Erik]

I know nothing about antibacterial soap affecting hormones, but after running an experiment in my microbiology, I avoid using antimicrobial soap.
The resident flora in your skin helps balance the transient flora. By attempting to remove them both mechanically and chemically, you end up with one species as the superior competitor. It's like you're creating a super phage colony >_<
You cannot sterilize with those products, only disinfect. You're still left with ~.1 percent of bacteria and what percent do you think remains? The stronger/more resistant strains that are now no longer in competition and able to reproduce to astronomical levels.

/paranoia. I just stick with the hand soap.

+1

For those reasons - but I couldn't explain it as well as you.

[smuggie]

Regular soap for me too.

[trinitylove]

I know nothing about antibacterial soap affecting hormones, but after running an experiment in my microbiology, I avoid using antimicrobial soap.
The resident flora in your skin helps balance the transient flora. By attempting to remove them both mechanically and chemically, you end up with one species as the superior competitor. It's like you're creating a super phage colony >_<
You cannot sterilize with those products, only disinfect. You're still left with ~.1 percent of bacteria and what percent do you think remains? The stronger/more resistant strains that are now no longer in competition and able to reproduce to astronomical levels.

/paranoia. I just stick with the hand soap.

:yeahthat: