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You know how you can develop a tolerance to poison but not to lava? Bleach/soap are like lava, triclosan and other antibiotics are like poison.
by MengerSponge 6y ago
You know how you can develop a tolerance to poison but not to lava?
Bleach/soap are like lava, triclosan and other antibiotics are like poison.
- hackflip 6y agoThe only problem with this metaphor is that tolerance to poison/lava is an individual tolerance whereas the parent comment refers to a species' tolerance over N generations.
- taylodl 6y agoA species isn't going to develop a tolerance to lava over N generations. Bleach/soap are like lava, there's no developing a tolerance to it. Soap has been working for thousands of years and will continue working for thousands of years to come.
- MengerSponge 6y agoThere are extremophiles, I guess, but once you've adapted to living in that environment, you aren't adapted for normal existence any more!