Do you use antibacterial soap at home for hands?and dishes?what brand please?

Answer 1

We use Carex anti bacteria soap in the bathroom,
For the dishes we use Fairy Liquid anti bacteria,

Answer 2

Hi

Just let me get on to my soap box for a minute!!

Seven years ago, only a few dozen products containing antibacterial agents were being marketed for the home. Now more than 700 are available. We are being bombarded with ads for cleansers, soaps, toothbrushes, dishwashing detergents, and hand lotions, all containing antibacterial agents to kill off the “Superbugs” Germs have become the buzzword for a danger people want to eliminate from their surroundings. In response to these messages, we are buying antibacterial products because we think these offer health protection for our families. Among the newer products in the antibacterial craze are antibacterial window cleaner and antibacterial chopsticks. Antibacterial agents are now in plastic food storage containers in England. In Italy, antibacterial products are touted in public laundries. In America you can purchase a mattress completely impregnated with an antibacterial agent (so they will be here soon!). Whole bathrooms and bedrooms can be outfitted with products containing triclosan (a common antibacterial agent), including pillows, sheets, towels, and slippers. Antibacterial soaps are not only easier to locate than they were just a few years ago, in some cases, they are difficult to avoid. It's almost impossible to find non-antibacterial products in today's supermarkets and shops. Over 70 percent of the liquid soap you can buy now is labeled antibacterial.


While those selling the stuff would like us to believe that these products will reduce our chances of getting sick, whether or not that is the case is still in question. One test was carried out recently where chosen households were randomly assigned to use cleaning, laundry and hand washing products that contained antibacterial ingredients, or identical-looking products that did not have antibacterial ingredients.... At the end of 48 weeks, there was essentially no difference between the two groups in the seven infectious disease symptoms surveyed, including runny nose, cough, sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea. Doctors are particularly concerned that antibacterial soaps could be contributing to the growing problem of drug resistant bacteria. This may be because it is killing the weakest bacteria, leaving the tougher, hard-to-kill strains dominant. Overuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of new bacterial strains that are largely untreatable because they are resistant to existing drugs.

The simple solution then is not to use antibacterial cleaners as a substitute for slapdash hand washing. Thorough washing in the cracks and crevices of the hand with natural soap will do a far better job!

Ps I still use fairy liquid for my dishes!!

Answer 3

Use what you like. All hand soaps are "antibacterial". The trick is to rub it into a lather and rinse with very WARM water. The soap loosens the germs and bacteria, the warm water rinses them off the skin. Using the "antibacterial" type soaps all the time will just make some germs and bacteria immune to it's effectiveness.

Answer 4

Soft Soap antibacterial for hands and Dawn, or Joy for dishes.

Answer 5

If you read the bottle of dish soap, it is anti bacterial only if used as a hand soap. I put a bit of bleach in my dish water.

Answer 6

dawn for dishes. safeguard for the bath. soft soap for hands. we live in south florida and with our constant heat and humidity it is a must!

Answer 7

Palmolive

Answer 8

Dawn...for dishes and hands.

Answer 9

strangely, we use softsoap handsoap (the kind that sqirts) on everything...dishes, hands, and even hair when we're out of shampoo...if u don't have much money, it works ;)