My dad and I are having a debate about the importance of using washing up liquid and I need your help!!
He proffers that water in itself is clean, so why can we not just use water to clean our plates etc.
He also gave an example of how we would likely feel cleaner after “trudging through the jungle”, if we had a wash in a big jungle waterfall without soap.
I showed him that his glasses come out looking cleaner (no water marks) when he washes them with washing up liquid to prove my point that it is important to use it.
But can anyone tell me the actual science behind why we should use it? Or is my dad right? 😂
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Soaps have compounds that kill bacteria and others that lift food from the surface so it can be rinsed away.
Sans suds, bacteria from foods that were either not cooked properly or that was just on the food to begin with—things like E.coli, Salmonella, staphylococcus, campylobacter, and norovirus, also known colloquially as “winter vomiting bug”—are just left hanging out
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