WHAT CHEMICALS ARE IN YOUR HAND WASH?

There are two chemicals often used in hand washes

1. The first of these is sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS), a foaming agent used in many personal care products. As well as hand wash, you’ll find it in shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste; potentially in pretty much anything that foams.
2. The second ingredient is triclosan. This is primarily an antibacterial agent but it also has some antifungal and antiviral properties. As well as being used in liquid soap, it is also commonly found in toothpastes, mouthwashes, shaving creams and deodorants.

Hand washing to kill the germs on your hands.

it is observed that only 25-30% doing it in proper form.

As a rule of thumb, Dr. B. Louise Giles tells parents to teach their kids to rinse their hands with soap for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star so they’re thoroughly washing up.
We know germs are on hands and with good hand washing – using soap and warm water – you’ll reduce the risk,” Giles, a Canadian doctor and pediatrician at the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital, explained.
Soap and water work best but if you must, use anti-bacterial hand gel. In that case, make sure you aren’t using just a dime-sized amount. There has to be enough liquid to coat your hands.

Germs are everywhere, so it's no surprise that antibacterial soaps, hand sanitizers, and lotions are as well. Despite this, consumer knowledge of Triclosan (the active ingredient in many antibacterial products) remains vague at best. A biochemical explanation of how Triclosan disables bacteria will give consumers a more scientific understanding of a product they use so often. After a closer look at how bacteria develop resistance to Triclosan and other antibacterial agents, consumers will learn that the ingredient is a double-edged sword. Will consumers want to continue using antibacterial products at the risk that those products will no longer be effective? Consumers will also learn of the adverse reactions Triclosan has with water to form chloroform, a possible carcinogen, and with sunlight to form dioxins, known endocrine disruptors. Because of the negative trade-offs associated with Triclosan, consumers should consider antibacterial products that do not use Triclosan and instead use ethyl alcohol as the active ingredient.