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Beware anti-bacterials

Please do not throw your anti-bacterial soap and cleansers in the garbage or down the drain.

We should wait for a response from an authority on bacteria. The federal government has declared anti-bacterial products possibly unsafe after prolonged use, and may create super bacteria. Soap and rubbing alcohol hand sanitizers are just as effective.

Daniel Wade Smathers

Lexington

This story was originally published September 28, 2016 at 7:33 PM with the headline "Beware anti-bacterials."

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