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Antibacterial Soap? You Can Skip It — Use Plain Soap and Water
See this notice from the FDA
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm378393.htm
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This was actually a very interesting situation, and much more political than one might think.
The FDA set things up so that the odds were stacked highly against any company or organization being able to come up with the data they required, by making sure the required testing would cost almost a million dollars, if not more. Since no single company would spend a million dollars without gaining a competitive advantage, and since no viable non-profit group really represents just the personal care soap producers that could spend the money jointly, and finally, since there were no major companies producing the actives, the FDA had a clear shot at banning these products without opposition.
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That’s an interesting strategy. I hadn’t thought about it that way.
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