5 reasons for refusal of antibacterial agents of personal hygiene

Among a set of the perfumery and cosmetic goods which are released today the special group is made by the means containing antibacterial components. Such types of gels, shampoos, soaps, creams, lotions and other products are positioned by manufacturers as a panacea from all diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms. The unlimited and uncontrolled use of similar means becomes result of trustfulness of the buyers hypnotized by persuasive advertizing sometimes. Many specialists claim that all skin care products which part antibacterial substances are can do notable harm to health.

1. Poisonous properties of triclosan

The structure of the personal hygiene means and household chemicals having antibacterial activity includes triclosan. This substance of a broad spectrum of activity capable to oppress life activity of many species of microflora, also it can do harm to health of the person.

It is proved that regular use of means with triclosan reduces protective forces of an organism. The antibacterial agent worsens quality of sperm, causes failures in process of production of sex hormones and hormones of a thyroid gland. Besides, triclosan can get through a placental barrier, causing fruit malformations, and also gets to breast milk, negatively influencing health of the babies who are on natural feeding.

2. Death of useful microflora

Triclosan has very high antibacterial activity, but the selectivity allowing to distinguish useful organisms from harmful is not inherent to it. Daily use of soap, the lotions and gels having such qualities leads to death of the necessary bacteria and fungi living on skin and mucous membranes.

The organism which lost useful microflora loses natural protection from aggressive environmental factors. Especially dangerously to the fact that to recover population of natural "defenders" not easy, but their place is quickly taken by pathogenic microorganisms. As a result of people receives not rescue from infections, but the increased risk of their development.

According to some information triclosan can is destructive to affect epidermis cells, causing a skin senilism.

3. Emergence of toxic decomposition products

Under the influence of water and light triclosan decays. One of decomposition products is dioxine – the highly toxic substance having cancerogenic activity. It is dangerous not only the impact on a human body: at washing off dioxine gets to the sewerage, and from it – to the soil and ground waters in which can collect within decades. The more often people use antibacterial agents of personal hygiene, the content of toxic agents in the environment is higher.

4. Formation at microorganisms of resistance to antibiotics

Unlike useful microorganisms, pathogenic bacteriums have property to get used quickly enough to triclosan, mutating, and forming strains, insensitive to action of an inhibiting agent. These versions actively occupy integuments and provoke development of dangerous diseases.

5. Lack of instant action

Use of antibacterial types of soap, gels, laundry detergent, etc. not only potentially dangerously, but also is not quite justified. The matter is that triclosan has antimicrobic effect not instantly: that the microflora which is on the cleared surfaces died, it is necessary that a film of detergent of their cover within 5-20 minutes. As for safety antibacterial agent needs to be deleted from skin and things as soon as possible, its antimicrobic action can not be shown at all.

Popularity of antibacterial agents of household chemicals and personal hygiene substantially is result of influence of unfair advertizing. In practice such products are not so much useful how many it is unsafe, in particular for the pregnant women feeding mothers and small children. In everyday life it is quite possible to do without it, having replaced with not less effective, but much more harmless creams, lotions and detergents containing the vegetable components tested for centuries.