There's no evidence OTC antibacterial soaps prevent disease more than washing with plain soap and water. Some antibacterial drugs can do more harm than good.
Then what do people mean when they say normal soap and antibacterial soap and how does that affect what I should be using after handling raw meat or just going to the toilets etc?
“Antibacterial” is somewhat of a marketing gimmick. Yeah, those have extra microbial killing chemicals, but plain soap kills plenty well enough, pops their little lipid walls.
It would appear lemmy has deemed your post worthy of a dog pile because another user came along to nitpick, by accusing you of nitpicking.
Yes folks, all soap is antibacterial, and that’s a great point to make in this thread. Plain soaps pops their cell walls quite nicely. I roll my own olive oil soaps and it’s wonderful.
All soap is anti-bacterial.
Then what do people mean when they say normal soap and antibacterial soap and how does that affect what I should be using after handling raw meat or just going to the toilets etc?
“Antibacterial” is somewhat of a marketing gimmick. Yeah, those have extra microbial killing chemicals, but plain soap kills plenty well enough, pops their little lipid walls.
It would appear lemmy has deemed your post worthy of a dog pile because another user came along to nitpick, by accusing you of nitpicking.
Yes folks, all soap is antibacterial, and that’s a great point to make in this thread. Plain soaps pops their cell walls quite nicely. I roll my own olive oil soaps and it’s wonderful.