Turns Out That Anti-Microbial Soaps Really Are Bad For You...

Well, if it shows up on Fox News, then it has to be true, right?  LOL...

But really...  Chiropractors have been warning for years that trying to kill the bug is not the correct path to health.  Fortify the host!!!!  That is the secret to real health.  The contention is that simply trying to kill and organism that has a life cycle in terms of hours or days is futile.  That in reality, you will just drive the next phase of evolutionary change that will leave you with an even more dangerous bug to deal with - just like what we see with antibiotic abuse.

But now, this lawsuit comes out which accuses the FDA of delaying appropriate regulation of two chemicals found to be in most of the antimicrobial soaps that we use EVERY DAY!  The chemicals are  triclosan and triclocarban and the plaintiffs in this case assert that the FDA has been aware of the harmful effects of these chemicals on our sexual hormones and thyroid hormones for 30 years and has yet to do anything about it. They cite a study which found that residues of these chemicals are found on over 75% of our population over the age of 6.

I don't know about you, but I'm making sure my patients know that regular old soap is just fine without the toxic soup, thank you very much. Just look at the active ingredients in our liquid hand soap at home and at work and throw it out when you find it.