Antibacterial soap is effective against germs, but it isn't any better than regular soap. Antibacterial soap may also include harmful chemicals, like triclosan and triclocarban, which have no ...

Antibacterial soaps will soon disappear from store shelves under orders from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which said Friday that they provide no benefits over regular soap.

Antibacterial Soap Uses. Antibacterial soaps are marketed as preventing bacterial production and killing pathogens. The chemical additive of antimicrobial soaps, triclosan, can be found in many ...

Antibacterial wipes are a time-crunched cleaner's best friend—but not when it comes to these cleaning jobs. The post 10 Times ...

Antibacterial soap’s potential to harm people may be controversial, but its growing environmental impact is widely acknowledged. The ingredients in antibacterial cleansers are building up in ...

When shopping for soap or body wash to use in the shower, how do you decide which one to buy? Do you simply reach for the least expensive one? Choose the one that smells the best? Go for the one with ...

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration is finally going to decide whether antibacterial soap actually works, or if it's causing more harm than good.. Government researchers plan to deliver a ...

The FDA may not have proven definitively yet that antibacterial soap is safe, but they have proven, after 42 years of research and independent studies, it has zero health benefits over normal soap ...

I've heard that antibacterial soap is bad for you, or at least that I should stop using them. I always thought antibacterial must be good, but now people are saying they're a waste of money and ...

An estimated 75% of the anti-bacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the United States contain triclosan, a germ-killing ingredient. The only problem is, ...

BEAUTY editor Jo Hoare has had enough of Britain’s summer stink. But are natural deodorants really to blame? Soap-dodgers ...

Antibacterial soap “contains extra chemicals designed to kill or inhibit the replication of bacteria,” explains Kasey Nichols, NMD, the medical contributor for RAVEReviews.org.