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by 2143 168 days ago
Why not use antibacterial soap instead of NON-antibacterial soap? Wouldn’t it be even more effective?
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The implication of antibacterial soap is that it contains antibiotics, which leads to resistance in bacterial populations. Non-antibacterial soap is a misnomer, it is plenty effective against bacteria, but kills the bacteria mechanically.
Thank you. I didn’t know.
It gets into your gut and kills beneficial bacteria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_microbiota#Effects_of_anti...