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My Mom was I guess sort of a hippie ahead of her time but she used to always rail against anti-bacterial soaps and etc. She used to resist using the dishwasher
by zw123456 13y ago
My Mom was I guess sort of a hippie ahead of her time but she used to always rail against anti-bacterial soaps and etc. She used to resist using the dishwasher and anything anti-bacterial, and would say that it was good for your immune system to be exposed to germs once in awhile. The joke in the family was that she just did not want to have to do too much housework, But actually, she may have been on to something.
- DennisP 13y agoA microbiologist at our local university was interviewed on our public radio station a couple years ago. He pointed out that antibacterial soaps may kill 99.5% of the bugs but the ones left are the resistant ones, with an adaptation that also makes them resistant to some human antibiotics. Then with the other bugs killed off they'll have a nice open field to spread. A schoolteacher called in and said "I have to use antibacterial soaps, you have no idea what I have to deal with in my classroom." The guy replied, "You can't get rid of the bacteria. Your choices are a surface covered with normal bacteria, or a surface covered with antibiotic-resistant bacteria."