ANI-BACTERIAL SOAPS
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEA NEW American study has suggested that anti-bacterial soaps do not protect consumers against common health ailments as much as they expect. Researchers at Columbia University gave both anti-bacterial cleaning products and normal soaps and detergents to 120 families in New York City and monitored them for nearly one year. The group that used anti-bacterial products experienced the same number of runny noses, sore throats and fevers as those given products not containing anti-bacteria agents. The study's lead author, Elaine Larson, said this was ...
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