Superbugs 1 Anti-bacterial Soap 0

Whilst I am posting news articles that interest me, Steph pointed me at this one a couple of days ago. Apparently anti-bacterial soap is no better at cleaning your hands than the regular kind, and may actually be worse. This is something else I have generally always felt was true. I suppose it is all part and parcel of how modern life is far too obsessed with germs and how we should annihilate them. I blame big chemical companies for instilling that particular fear in us, so they can push their myriad of cleaning products. There's lots of good science to suggest that this unnecessary degree of cleanliness leads to allergies, asthma, eczema and digestive conditions, among other things.