Now that many people consider germs to be a blessing, not a curse, it is useful to remind ourselves where we were a few years ago. Today's episode of "bad germs" is brought to you by Tact soap. Hat top to Liza Gross.
Or see this newspaper ad:
So what if Tact soap from that era had hexachlorophene (the active ingredient in phisohex and something that probably is not so good for you). It killed microbes. And that has to be a good thing right? Right?
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Just looked for hexachlorophene in wikipedia. Scary , scary. But bacteria are terrible! :) Thanks for giving us this temporal perspective. I still think that people are terribly concern about bacteria and use more hand germicidal than ever. I might be wrong though.
ReplyDeleteJust looked for hexachlorophene in wikipedia. Scary , scary. But bacteria are terrible! :) Thanks for giving us this temporal perspective. I still think that people are terribly concern about bacteria and use more hand germicidal than ever. I might be wrong though.
ReplyDeleteSo today we have triclosan in most hand & body soap products and toothpastes. It is probably not directly harmful as hexachlorophene. But has anybody studied what happens to the microbiome of skin washed with triclosan soap vs. the microbiome of skin washed with non-bacteriocidal soap?
ReplyDeleteAlso, did hexaclorophene cause those ridiculous dancing moves? Or is that a mid-1960s thing?
Hexachlorophene is a good $50 word, so is safe to assume that it would probably kill most germs...no? I'd like some of that Tact Soap!
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