Comments on: Talk to the hand, sanitizer (Day 244)… http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/ making one change every day to greenify my life (and hopefully not being too smug about it) Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Skriv dina egna samhälls insändare debatt krönikor och skicka in dom så publiceras dem närvarande för våra läsare, och läs aktuella insändare debatt samhälls artiklar försåvitt ämnen som samhällsstyre och religion mm http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-44011 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:59:45 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-44011 Skriv dina egna samhälls insändare debatt krönikor och skicka in dom så publiceras dem närvarande för våra läsare, och läs aktuella insändare debatt samhälls artiklar försåvitt ämnen som samhällsstyre och religion mm…

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]]> By: Gaston Ramirec http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-16567 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:10:55 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-16567 Exciting post. I have been looking for some very good resources for solar panels and discovered your blog. Going to bookmark this one!

]]> By: rach http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-13061 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:07:04 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-13061 hey!

I’m a nurse, and the hand sanitiser is AWESOME in hospitals…studies have shown it’s implementation has reduced infections etc. by heaps, but mostly because it’s quicker and easier to use than washing your hands all the time, so it’s just made nurses wash their hands more often.

But there’s definitely truth in the ‘conspiracy theory’…which is more just logic than anything…

MRSA (multi resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a umbrella name for many similar but slightly different types of bacteria that can cause infections which are mostly picked up from hospital. Mostly due to the over prescription of antibiotics, but i bet it also has something to do with all the anti-bacterial products used everywhere on everything, when good ol’ soap and water would do the job fine.

On that note, apparently New Zealand uses soap & water to clean stuff in their hosps.

]]> By: blah http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5972 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:24:51 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5972 It’s really quite disturbing that we are going to create our own black plague.

]]> By: Beth Terry http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5944 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:38:02 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5944 We need to not only steer clear for hand sanitizers but any other kinds of products that are labelled as antibacterial. We’ve got antibacterial liquid soap, dish soap, multi-purpose cleaner, wipes… pretty much anything they can put it in these days, they do.

The chemical in these products, triclosan, causes terrible environmental problems. The Environmental Working Group has found that it is one of the hormone-disrupting chemicals polluting the San Francisco Bay. It is also helping to create super-resistent bacteria.

Please read EWG’s report: Down The Drain: Triclosan to understand the multiple problems created by household use of antibacterials and why we should avoid them.

]]> By: nichole http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5942 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:10:52 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5942 Rachel, I was just going to say that!

]]> By: Rachel http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5940 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:30:58 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5940 One way to get daycares to dump the santizers if they don’t care for the green arguments- it can give kids alcohol poisoning. I got an email about this and assumed it was one of those urban legends, but I looked it up on Snopes and it’s true, (http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp) just another reason to steer clear of the stuff.

]]> By: just ducky http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5936 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:56:36 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5936 While I agree with virtually everything that has been said…I am not giving up my hand sanitizer when I go to places like Yellowstone National Park that don’t have sinks to wash your hands and/or places that only have port-a-potties. I must have it in those infrequent situations or I get completely grossed out…

]]> By: Carreen http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5933 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:11:02 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5933 Stella, I agree! Those things definitely do not belong in schools and daycare centers. About 6 months ago I discovered that my 6 year old niece’s hands were dry and cracked like an older person’s. Her mom said it was from all the hand sanitizer that was always being passed around. I felt so sad for her! I gave her a little tube of hand lotion of her very own (she was thrilled about this)! I had to make sure it was unscented though because her hands were so cracked that the smelly kind made her hands sting! It’s disgusting. A little kids hands are supposed to be dimply and soft – not cracked and hard!!!!

]]> By: limesarah http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5929 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:56:10 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/10/30/talk-to-the-hand-sanitizer-day-244/#comment-5929 Oh, good for you! There’s so much research out there about how kids growing up in a nonsanitized environment get sick less frequently, and how we’re breeding superbugs by using so many antibiotics. Hospitals are really the only place for hand sanitizer. Optimally, you want to use something like bleach that just kills living things rather than being targeted towards bacteria, if you’re in a situation where you really do need to sanitize something. But that’s not so happy on hands.

blah — yeah…the flu shot is a Really Good Thing for people with weakened immune systems. But until another 1918 flu comes around (which, unfortunately, is pretty much inevitable), getting the flu won’t kill you. It will probably make you better able to resist next season’s bugs.

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