WIRED issue 17.06WIRED Magazine runs a 'what's in it?' sort of column in every issue. In the column they choose a normal household product and let you know exactly what all of those 6 syllable chemical names on the product's ingredient list are really doing.
Sometimes its funny and sometimes its disgusting. This time its a bit disturbing.
The product up for analysis is Palmolive's Antibacterial Dish Soap. Considering how often we here at CCC stress the importance of avoiding ALL antibacterial products, we thought it would appropriate to post this:
Highlights include:
"... works by breaking down into, among other things, formaldehyde ..."
"... can work it's was into the cytoplasm, where it makes the proteins fall apart, killing the cell ..."
"... laurmidopropylamine oxide ... foaming aide ... also thickens the dishwashing liquid, so you feel like you're getting your money's worth ..."
"... this detergent creates negative ions, which cut grease. When mixed with bleach, it release killer chlorine gas, a chemical weapon used in World War I ..."
We very often stress the dangers caused by the overuse and misuse of antibacterial products (weakening of he immune system, the domination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria as a result of the death of many antibiotic-sensitive ones, etc.) but this is about more than a single-cell-organism game of survival of the fittest—many of the negative effects of this anti-bacterial product are instantaneous ... ew.
— michelle.
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