Your Antibacterial Soap May Be Doing You More Harm Than Good
This report from Medical News Today, shows that a chemical in common antibacterial bath soap acts as an endocrine disruptor and interferes with normal hormone function in humans and lab animals. This causes health problems such as cancer, reproductive failure, and developmental problems.
"This finding may eventually lead to an explanation for some rises in some previously described reproductive problems that have been difficult to understand," said one author, Bill Lasley, a UC Davis expert on reproductive toxicology and professor emeritus of veterinary medicine.You see, antibacterial products come with a slew of health risks. They contribute to bacterial resistance, rising estrogen levels, and subsequently decreasing testosterone in humans. These unbalanced hormones result in illness, obesity, tiredness, frail bones and weak muscles, and even "man-boobs."
Natural soap without antibacterial qualities is your safest way to wash. Be cautious about what you bring home to your family because too many poisonous chemicals in your house is a recipe for disaster.



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