• Millions of people use antibacterial substances in their soap , believing it is essential in fighting germs.
• Researchers at the University of California concluded in three different studies that the tricolsaon and tricarbon in the antibacterial soap have possibility to affect the nervous sytem and sex hormones
• Antibacterial substances make profit of 1 billion in sales yearly. Tricarbon is usually an additive but tricolosan is found to make up 76% of all antibacterial soap
• Engineering and environment Professor Dan Chang , Phd states: "These compounds should be voluntarily removed by consumer product …show more content…
• Many researchers conclude that the antibacterial resistance in the human body due to the over uses of antibacterial substances in personal care products us become less truthful.
• Eliminating bacteria with antibacterial substances (cleansers) will prevent the need of antibiotics regularly
• Hospitals and clinics rely on the need of antibacterial substances to treat sick patients without harming them further
• “[T]hey have added benefit health-wise, to the healthy household. In cases of patients who are vulnerable to diseases like cancer patients, AIDS patients, elderly diabetics”(Steir,2006). Antibacterial substances are essential for those who are vulnerable to bacterial infections that can be fatal to them( AIDS patients, cancer patients etc)
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