Dr. Elaine Larson of the University of Columbia in New York (Columbia University) conducted a study and found that detergents containing antibacterial agents do not save people from infections, according to an online edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 Years old Pannochka. Net Simply put, antibacterial soap - nothing better than the most common.

For the study, members of 238 New York families. They were given an annual supply of detergents.

And half received products containing antibacterial components, including triclosan, quaternary ammonium compounds and oxygen bleach. The other half - without agents.

People themselves did not know whether the funds have any special properties or not.

After 48 weeks, microbiologists examined the participants of the experiment for the presence of infections: a runny nose, cough, sore throat, fever, vomiting, diarrhea and other.

It turned out that both groups are equally susceptible to infections. This, in general, did not surprise scientists, because most infections are caused by viruses, against which funds with antibacterial agents are powerless.

In other words, antibacterial soap kills a million bacteria, but there are still millions of them.

Thus, scientists have not found any evidence of loud promises promising manufacturers of detergents on the super-protective functions of their products medicus. En.