There is a 鈥渨arning鈥 making the rounds that hand sanitizer 鈥渉as the same ingredients as antifreeze鈥 and that you should not let dogs lick your hands. This warning is based on chemical ignorance....
We received a question about antibacterial soaps, namely why should or shouldn鈥檛 we be using them? And if we鈥檙e supposed to avoid antibacterial soap, why is Purell, an antimicrobial agent, allowed?