http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/09/02/anti-bacterial-soap-is-the-medicine-worse-than-the-cure/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:36:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/09/02/anti-bacterial-soap-is-the-medicine-worse-than-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-65102 ken Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:14:54 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=3515#comment-65102 I've long maintained that anti-bacterial products were unnecessary (normal products work fine, we have an immune system, and the "hygiene hypothesis" has yet to be shown untrue). Furthermore, I've also maintained that prophylactic application of antibiotics in, say, boosting yield in meat production ss not only an excellent way to breed antibiotic resistant bacteria, but perhaps immoral as well, given the potential loss of life once the regimen of antibiotics is exhausted. I've long maintained that anti-bacterial products were unnecessary (normal products work fine, we have an immune system, and the "hygiene hypothesis" has yet to be shown untrue). Furthermore, I've also maintained that prophylactic application of antibiotics in, say, boosting yield in meat production ss not only an excellent way to breed antibiotic resistant bacteria, but perhaps immoral as well, given the potential loss of life once the regimen of antibiotics is exhausted.

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