[Soliloquy]

Originally Posted by SamRose

I saw one of those shows where they do science experiments to test thigns out, and they tested wrapping toilet paper vs wadding it to wipe, and see if one kept more berms off. They found that the more paper U use, the less likely the germs get thru to yer hands, obviously. But that even w/ wut seemed like more than avg amt of TP, germs still got thru the paper.

Yes, and the human race has survived having bowel movements w/o sanitizing their hands for thousands of years. Hand sanitizer is a new thing. When I worked in daycare in the 90s, we didn't have it there--I'm sure they have it now. We didn't have kids coming down w/ all kinds of horrible illnesses due to lack of hand sanitizer. Children in daycare are more likely to be sick simply from being around other children (and possibly because they are less likely to be breastfed) but there has not been this wonderful decrease in contagious illness since the availability of hand sanitizer--or anti-bac soap. In fact, I do think we will see more chronic disease from all the exposure to triclosan.

If you use anti-bac soap, you should read this http://www.ewg.org/node/26701