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Are You Hand Washing Yourself Sick?
January 23, 2012
By David Blyweiss, M.D.

Are You Hand Washing Yourself Sick?

About ten years ago, we quietly waged a war against bacteria. We took a surgical scrub called triclosan that had been restricted to the hospital environment since 1972, and started adding it to everything from hand soap and body wash to children's toys and paint products.

In the same timeframe, allergies have increased, antibiotics are less effective, and we have more resistant, deadlier strains of bacteria popping up that put your average germ to shame.

I'd say we're losing this war. In fact, I'd say it's a war we never should have started… and it's time to fall back.

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