No matter which kind you use, antibacterial cleansers are no better at killing germs than soap and water—plus, they can really screw up your skin. Here’s how.

Antibacterial soap, on the other hand, can be processed with a chemical called triclosan or triclocarban. This chemical is not found in plain soap. This ingredient is meant to stop the production ...

Antibacterial soaps will soon disappear from store shelves under orders from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which said Friday that they provide no benefits over regular soap.

Antibacterial soap is effective against germs, but it isn't any better than regular soap. Antibacterial soap may also include harmful chemicals, like triclosan and triclocarban, which have no ...

Triclosan is no better at getting germs off your hands than plain old soap, a study finds. Manufacturers are responding to safety concerns about that antimicrobial by switching to others.

Regular soap does not contain antibacterial chemicals. It works by reducing water’s surface tension, which helps lift dirt, oils and germs from the skin, allowing them to be rinsed away.

Antibacterial soap “contains extra chemicals designed to kill or inhibit the replication of bacteria,” explains Kasey Nichols, NMD, the medical contributor for RAVEReviews.org.

But most people who wash their hands with antibacterial soap do so for less than 30 seconds, Rhee noted, using formulations containing less than 0.3 percent triclosan -- the maximum allowed by law.

All antibacterial soaps must be removed from shelves by Sept. 6, 2017. In 2013, the FDA proposed a rule whereby manufacturers had to prove their antibacterial soaps were safer and more effective ...

As the use of home-cleaning products and soaps containing an antimicrobial chemical called triclosan has gone up in the past 40 years, reported cases of asthma have almost tripled.

Oct. 14, 2005 — -- Soap is soap, isn't it? Maybe not. Many people worried about getting sick buy antibacterial soap. It may cost more, but for years the ads have said antibacterial is better ...

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration is finally going to decide whether antibacterial soap actually works, or if it's causing more harm than good.. Government researchers plan to deliver a ...