Does it help kill some germs? Does antibacterial soap yield “superbugs” to survive after killing 99.99% of germs, thus should only be reserved for specific applications (like hospitals)?
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Not all applications require aggressive anti-bacterial properties. Cleaning off dirt or grease or motor oil or paint isn’t really a biohazard problem so much as a solvent problem, and other soaps might do the job better and/or with less of a drying effect on your skin.
Antibacterial soaps don’t poison bacteria like antibiotics do, it dissolves them like acid.
You can evolve a resistance to poisons over time by altering cell chemistry, but there’s not really a good way to evolve a resistance to getting chemically dissolved.
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