1. I completely left out talking about the whole alcohol hand-gel concept – as opposed to anti-bacterial soap, those do work, and kill via direct toxic effect on bacteria and viruses… much in the same way that bleach does. Speaking of which:

2. There are several varieties of bacteria that are resistant to bleach’s killing effects. Fortunately, none of them have caused any significant disease in humans as of yet. Here, I mean “bleach” as in some strong dilution of a pure bleach solution. There are bacteria in hospitals that do cause human disease that have developed the ability to subsist, and thrive, in various cleaning solutions, but these are not typically composed of pure bleach.

See you in a few days!

I really liked the discussion about the overuse of antibiotics and explanation of how soap works. There is a bacteria in soil that helps to fight depression. So, this explains why some people love gardening, working with the earth. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/raw-data-is-dirt-the-new-prozac