Comments on: The negative side effects of alternative antiseptics http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:49:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William (green) http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/comment-page-1/#comment-32524 William (green) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:40:12 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/#comment-32524 I'm pretty late coming into this, but it was on the Random Posts. Bizarrely enough, that's the same soap I use and have used for about a year now. I got a big pack in the States and brought it with me stuff it random corners of my bags. I’m pretty late coming into this, but it was on the Random Posts. Bizarrely enough, that’s the same soap I use and have used for about a year now. I got a big pack in the States and brought it with me stuff it random corners of my bags.

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/comment-page-1/#comment-18454 Cyde Weys Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:49:44 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/#comment-18454 I very nearly decided to write a blog post on the topic of buying soap recently, but decided against it because it was too boring. So here's the story in a nutshell. A few weeks ago I ran out of shower soap and had to buy more. I had to spend a couple minutes scanning the soaps on display in the grocery store before I even found a soap I was sure didn't have antibacterials in it! The soaps marketed as antibacterials obviously had them; the soaps being marketed for other purposes (like "smoother skin") had antibacterials as well; even soaps that didn't even mention it anywhere on the front of the package had it listed in the ingredient list. What the hell is up with that?! I eventually found a soap by the name of "Dial for Men" that didn't have antibacterials in it. I guess they think only real men are strong enough not to need them? That was the only soap in the entire Dial line they carried without antibacterials in them. It's getting to the point where I think we may need to pass a law to ban the use of antibacterials in obviously inappropriate settings, because that's only reducing the efficacy of them in the places where they are actually needed, like hospitals. Obviously consumers are proving too stupid to not buy them. I very nearly decided to write a blog post on the topic of buying soap recently, but decided against it because it was too boring. So here’s the story in a nutshell.

A few weeks ago I ran out of shower soap and had to buy more. I had to spend a couple minutes scanning the soaps on display in the grocery store before I even found a soap I was sure didn’t have antibacterials in it! The soaps marketed as antibacterials obviously had them; the soaps being marketed for other purposes (like “smoother skin”) had antibacterials as well; even soaps that didn’t even mention it anywhere on the front of the package had it listed in the ingredient list.

What the hell is up with that?! I eventually found a soap by the name of “Dial for Men” that didn’t have antibacterials in it. I guess they think only real men are strong enough not to need them? That was the only soap in the entire Dial line they carried without antibacterials in them.

It’s getting to the point where I think we may need to pass a law to ban the use of antibacterials in obviously inappropriate settings, because that’s only reducing the efficacy of them in the places where they are actually needed, like hospitals. Obviously consumers are proving too stupid to not buy them.

]]> By: drinian http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/comment-page-1/#comment-18438 drinian Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:32:46 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/#comment-18438 Yeah, you can't get drunk on cetylpyridinium chloride, so I guess Crest is aiming at the large and lucrative homeless and AlAnon markets. Or maybe they're just hoping to sell more teeth-whitening toothpaste after your teeth turn brown. It seems like it's getting harder to find Crest toothpaste without bleaching or whitening ingredients as it is. I agree on the whole "antibacterial" business; my parents have consciously eschewed soaps that contain triclosan for years now. Unfortunately, I don't think most of the market is terribly well-informed. I honestly wish that these companies would stop letting their marketing departments create solutions in search of problems like these products. Yeah, you can’t get drunk on cetylpyridinium chloride, so I guess Crest is aiming at the large and lucrative homeless and AlAnon markets. Or maybe they’re just hoping to sell more teeth-whitening toothpaste after your teeth turn brown. It seems like it’s getting harder to find Crest toothpaste without bleaching or whitening ingredients as it is.

I agree on the whole “antibacterial” business; my parents have consciously eschewed soaps that contain triclosan for years now. Unfortunately, I don’t think most of the market is terribly well-informed. I honestly wish that these companies would stop letting their marketing departments create solutions in search of problems like these products.

]]> By: Kelly Martin http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/comment-page-1/#comment-18416 Kelly Martin Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:22:05 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-negative-side-effects-of-alternative-antiseptics/#comment-18416 The only value I can see to something like this is that it gives a mouthwash option to people who cannot, or will not, use alcohol. But how necessary is that, really? The only value I can see to something like this is that it gives a mouthwash option to people who cannot, or will not, use alcohol. But how necessary is that, really?

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