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- October 23, 2009
Is there anything wrong with a handwashing dish soap that is not antibacterial?
Dear cleopatera, No, there is nothing wrong with non-antimicrobial (regular) hand dish soap. Handwashing with regular dish soap or regular hand soap will remove over 92% of common germs from hands when used as a hand washing soap. Using well-formulated antibacterial hand soap will remove 99.9% or greater common germs from hands (not from your dishes!); however, using anti-microbial hand soap does not necessarily translate into a protective health benefit in the household setting.
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laurencdawson writes:I recently purchased a country home with well water and a septic system. We had the water tested for bacteria and it has tested negative several times.
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skeefe writes:How effective is non-chlorine bleach as a disinfectant? If it isn't, what green product would you recommend?
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greenstep writes:are the more eco friendly laundry washing chemical options good? do they work well compared to there not so green competition? does using the eco product mean you suffer in the quality of the wash?
Martin "Scienceman" Wolf, Director of Product & Environmental Technology, is responsible for product design at Seventh Generation. Prior to joining Seventh Generation Mr. Wolf was CEO of Cellutech LLC, a venture-funded research and development company involved in developing commercial applications for by-products of the wood pulping industry, and before that, President of Cambridge Analytical Associates, Inc., an environmental analysis laboratory and consultancy. Mr. Wolf has over 30 years experience in environmental product design and evaluation, environmental chemical analysis, and environmental life cycle inventories. He holds an M.S. in Chemistry from Yeshiva University (New York) and a B.S. in Chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts).
