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Thursday, August 16, 2007
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I've Been Saying This for a While

But then again, it's hard to find regular plain soap anymore:

The team looked at 27 studies conducted between 1980 and 2006, and found that soaps containing triclosan within the range of concentrations commonly used in the community setting (0.1 to 0.45 percent wt./vol.) were no more effective than plain soaps. Triclosan is used in higher concentrations in hospitals and other clinical settings, and may be more effective at reducing illness and bacteria. Triclosan works by targeting a biochemical pathway in the bacteria that allows the bacteria to keep its cell wall intact. Because of the way triclosan kills the bacteria, mutations can happen at the targeted site... a mutation could mean that the triclosan can no longer get to the target site to kill the bacteria because the bacteria and the pathway have changed form.

So there is potential danger (in creating drug resistant bacteria), and no benefit.  Yet there are still plenty of moms out there that think parents who don't use anti-bacterial soap should be thrown in jail for child endangerment.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:06:20 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
I am a huge fan of natural soaps that contain mineral salts.
They are friendlier to the acidic/alkaline balance of your skin
and that's a lot more "protective" than anything triclosan can offer

And I feel cleaner. I'm just sayin!
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