I need to know or my wife will not make love to me this month.
2006-12-31 19:59:43 · 22 answers · asked by Job 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Germs or viruses that may not have been discovered yet, or superbacteria that may be too strong for it. However, I'm sure it's also just so the company can't be sued or be complained too if they said 100% and people started proving them wrong.
2006-12-31 20:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by aaaaaaaaaaaaaa555 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is all advertising. It actually isnt the soap that is the thing that removes most germs, it is the washing of your hands that does it. Despite the best antiseptics and antibacterial washes you need to wash hands for at least two minutes, using a nail brush also, if you want to have clean hands. No use pouring something over your hands if you dont remove the dirt from under nails, or around rings on fingers.
The only thing that is proven to remove 100% of bugs is bleach. yes, 100% but that is too toxic for being on skin, kills good cells and therefore you cannot use it except for on cleaning surfaces. Of course then... if used at full strength it then bleaches the color out of things.
Great that there is something that kills germs.. but we cant use it safely for many reasons.
2007-01-01 07:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by scotchlady06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The antibacterial components of soaps (usually triclosan or, less commonly, triclocarbon) need to be left on a surface for about two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do their job.
Some scientists theorize that bacteria may develop a resistance to bactericidal agents over time.
Some bacteria actually benefit us. The normal population of bacteria on our bodies not only eats our sweat, but also helps defend us against truly harmful, invasive bacteria.
Many common diseases are viral in nature, anyway, and are therefore not prevented by antibacterial products.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibacterial soaps are not necessary, but washing your hands thoroughly with ordinary soap and warm water is one of the most effective ways to ward off infection.
2007-01-01 14:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by crowfeathers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not actually killing 99.99% of all germs. That percentage is actually determined on the soap's ability to kill an amount of a certain type of germ, usualy flu germs.
2007-01-01 04:02:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is usually to make products sound better. this 99.99% thing is only pure advertisement. The company can't say their product kills 100% germs because that's virtually impossible with just that kind of soap. so the company settles with 99.99% just for advertisement.
2007-01-01 04:10:59 · answer #5 · answered by rain_s_ong 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just what the advertiser says, instead of "all" germs to keep their tail out of a legal sling!
2007-01-01 04:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their scientific name is Mighty Strong Germs; they're mighty strong. However, they're commonly referred to as Super Nasties.
2007-01-01 04:04:18 · answer #7 · answered by Tiffany 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nothing is 100%... 0.01% are the good germs your body needs? sometime I heard that if you are too clean then more new germ will appears...so, having tiny germs..clean germs is good.
2007-01-01 04:05:11 · answer #8 · answered by Hart 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the most resistant bacteria that have evolved through natural selection (or specifically in this case by lots of "anti-bacterial" stuff out there) to survive harsh conditions.
so the nastiest, most resistant bacteria are surviving to reproduce, while we're killing the less-dangerous kinds. hooray for the human race!!!
2007-01-01 04:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The other .01% is the healthy bacteria that we need to stay in our enviroment to keep our immune system strong. If we lived in a totally sterile enviroment, we wouldn't have anything ( or any reason) to develop antibodies against.
2007-01-01 04:03:38 · answer #10 · answered by Carhop3000 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋