Antibacterial soap may do 'more harm than good,' warns FDA There's no scientific evidence that they're "more effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness."

The FDA Has Banned Antibacterial Soap Antibacterial soaps may claim to kill 99.99 percent of all bacteria, but their days are numbered in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has n

No more antibacterial soap for you, FDA says Say goodbye to those 'antibacterial' soaps. The FDA says they do little or nothing to make soap work better.

F.D.A. Bans Sale of Many Antibacterial Soaps, Saying Risks Outweigh Benefits The agency said manufacturers had failed to prove the products were safe to use over the long term or more effective than using ordinary soap and water.

Many Antibacterial Soaps Are Now Banned: FDA Soap and water is safer and more effective

No More Antibacterial Soap for You, FDA Says Say goodbye to those 'antibacterial' soaps and dishwashing liquids. The FDA says they do little or nothing to make soap work better.

The FDA Finally Bans a Bunch Of Pointless Antibacterial Soaps Sorry, that antibacterial soap isn’t doing anything more to clean you up than any other plain bar of soap.

No more antibacterial soap for you, FDA says Companies will have a year to take the ingredients out of the products.

Why I don't use antibacterial soap I'm an avid hand-washer, but I'm serious about avoiding triclosan in antibacterial soaps. A poll of my Facebook connections shows I'm not the only one.

Why You Should Stop Using Antibacterial Soap Antibacterial soaps containing the chemical triclosan are no better at removing bacteria from your hands than conventional soaps, a new study has concluded. This raises questions about the necessity of using the chemical, which has been labeled as po Read more ... tentially dangerous, in antibacterial soaps.