Why not? I mean, I don't know bacteria, so how does regular soap work that prevents bacteria from adapting to it?sketerpot wrote:Just don't use antibacterial soap. Regular soap works fine, and shouldn't have any evolutionary effects on bacteria.Elaro wrote:
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All it is is lye or some derivation of it. It acts as a surfactant and cleans cleans off water-insoluble crap from your hands. It reduces the resources that allow bacteria to grow without changing the population interactions between microorganisms, or change the dynamics of competition within a species.Uraniun235 wrote:Why not? I mean, I don't know bacteria, so how does regular soap work that prevents bacteria from adapting to it?sketerpot wrote:Just don't use antibacterial soap. Regular soap works fine, and shouldn't have any evolutionary effects on bacteria.Elaro wrote:
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