

{"id":16397,"date":"2016-09-03T02:42:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16397"},"modified":"2016-09-03T02:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:42:19","slug":"fda-bans-dial-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16397","title":{"rendered":"FDA bans Dial soap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has announced a ban on most antimicrobial soaps, claiming ordinary soap and water is just as effective.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/fda-orders-antibacterials-removed-consumer-soaps-n642036\">NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This issue has been bouncing around the nanny state for quite a while.  The FDA&#8217;s main point seems to be that the antibacterial agents don&#8217;t actually accomplish anything, rather than citing realistic evidence of harm.  Sure, if you feed 100 bars of dial soap to a cow, it starts to foam at the mouth&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been toying with writing a speculative piece about &#8220;where have all the bacteria gone?&#8221;.  I&#8217;m open to the possibility I&#8217;m crazy, but it seems like milk no longer spoils, no matter how old it is, bread no longer grows mold.  We recently learned that children who are raised in a home with a dishwasher are more likely to develop allergies, because their immune systems are never challenged with weak pathogens, so they don&#8217;t develop the normal defenses.  When a real pathogen shows up, the front door is wide open.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used Dial soap for 40 years.  It&#8217;s a trap, and I accepted that.  When I&#8217;m in a situation where Dial soap is not available, the rebound effect is obvious, as the microbes have a field day.  Would things stabilize after a week of the microbes fighting each other for control?  I guess I&#8217;ll be forced to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that transfat margarines are much healthier than butter!  The FDA was sure that was true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA has announced a ban on most antimicrobial soaps, claiming ordinary soap and water is just as effective. NBC News This issue has been bouncing around the nanny state for quite a while. The FDA&#8217;s main point seems to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=16397\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,121,122,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collapse-of-america","category-fear-of-nature","category-individual-liberty","category-war-on"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16398,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16397\/revisions\/16398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}