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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by busyant on Friday September 02, 2016 @01:31PM (#12414685)
Soap is a remarkably good antibacterial as well. Im on mobile but will try to look up refs for this later. I used to work in this area and a colleague was an expert on antibacterial properties of detergents.
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Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps by vel0city on Friday September 02, 2016 @06:33PM (#12416747)
Yes, cell membranes are largely made of phospholipids. Soap can disrupt the membrane and essentially leak the contents of cells.
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