<VV> Soap - enough? - and some scary facts

[Ron]

"(and you could die). "

>From reusing soap?  Come now, is there any record of this ever happening?
RonH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Soap - enough? - and some scary facts


> I'm not sure why saving soap is on this site, but I used to work for one 
> of the world's biggest soap manufacturers - P&G - remember Ivory? You 
> should NOT save soap. One of the reasons - other than convenience - of the 
> move to liquid soap is for sanitary reasons. Soap doesn't really do much 
> cleaning, it mainly captures the crud released by scrubbing friction(so 
> buy the bargain brands)..and a lot of that crud makes its way onto and 
> into the soap. When you save it, you save the crud to put back on your 
> bod. If you use a very hot shower or bath, you increase your chance of 
> having it get into your pores and respiratory system. Manufactures didn't 
> plan on people saving the contaminants - they just figured the bar would 
> go away. To make matters worse, the convenience bars in hotels are of 
> significantly lower quality and often contain more additives to smell 
> good, not to mention having questionable storage and handling. I don't use 
> it when I travel, preferring to carry my own liquid.
>  My concern for those who persist with this silliness to save a dollar or 
> so a month is that you might wind up with a big dollar medical bill (and 
> you could die). If you read the directions on hand sanitizer you will 
> discover that it won't work unless you use soap first. Otherwise it just 
> spreads whatever is on your hands because it can't sanitize crud, but is 
> meant to work on the natural skin bacteria. It was made for hospitals to 
> use on clean hands and has been mis-marketed and is essentially a scam for 
> home use.
> As another unrelated aside, I also worked in the chemical division of a 
> large company - Int. Paper - who made additives (resin) that wound up in 
> chewing gum, and as a result of knowing what is in it (and the legal level 
> of organic contaminants (rat droppings and bug parts, for example) have 
> not chewed a piece of gum since....it really might be better for a 
> temporary Corvair repair. I am NOT trying to extend the thread :-)
> Grant
>
>
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