|
| |
Good Stories By Good Friends!
My
South
By: Robert St. John
God
Puts All Things Together for Good!
Things
I've Learned
Antibacterial Household Products: Cause for Concern
Stuart B. Levy
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
(excerpt from the CDC)
The recent entry of products containing antibacterial agents
into healthy households has escalated from a few dozen products in the mid-1990s
to more than 700 today. Antibacterial products were developed and have been
successfully used to prevent transmission of disease-causing microorganisms
among patients, particularly in hospitals. They are now being added to products
used in healthy households, even though an added health benefit has not been
demonstrated. Scientists are concerned that the antibacterial agents will select
bacteria resistant to them and cross-resistant to antibiotics. Moreover, if they
alter a person's microflora, they may negatively affect the normal maturation of
the T helper cell response of the immune system to commensal flora antigens;
this change could lead to a greater chance of allergies in children. As with
antibiotics, prudent use of these products is urged. Their designated purpose is
to protect vulnerable patients
Proliferation of Antibacterial Products
Seven years ago, only a few dozen products containing antibacterial agents
were being marketed for the home. Now more than 700 are available. The public is
being bombarded with ads for cleansers, soaps, toothbrushes, dishwashing
detergents, and hand lotions, all containing antibacterial agents. Likewise, we
hear about "superbugs" and deadly viruses. Germs have become the
buzzword for a danger people want to eliminate from their surroundings. In
response to these messages, people are buying antibacterial products because
they think these products offer health protection for them and their families.
Among the newer products in the antibacterial craze are antibacterial window
cleaner and antibacterial chopsticks. Antibacterial agents are now in plastic
food storage containers in England. In Italy, antibacterial products are touted
in public laundries. In the Boston area, you can purchase a mattress completely
impregnated with an antibacterial agent. Whole bathrooms and bedrooms can be
outfitted with products containing triclosan (a common antibacterial agent),
including pillows, sheets, towels, and slippers.
read more: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm
| |
|

"Go Natural"
Sample Boxes On Sale Now!

|
|
EAT RIGHT
RECIPES
You
will find some great recipes here at
21st Century Newz. These recipes are not all low fat and
low calorie.
All are lower fat and lower calories than the average recipe.
So even though this is not the celery or carrot stick that most
"diets" would have you eat ... these recipes are
healthy alternatives to the average diet!

|
|
|

"Go Natural"
Sample Boxes On Sale Now!

|
|