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The scientific community really ought to look at phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics. It shows a lot of promise!
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Hold a lighter flame in front of the spray stream.... 100% of everything is now dead >

And air you breathe in is bad >

The reason why antiseptic claims are always qualified like this is not always because the amount they kill is truly measured at 99.9 percent, but because below a certain level there is no sufficiently sensitive test that confirms the complete absence of microbes, making a claim of completely destroying them impossible to prove. Even highly effective sterilization methods such as ionizing radiation can therefore only provide a claim of a quantifiable reduction, as opposed to complete eradication, even though that can be reasonably assumed. >

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thanks for the info, you were very informative. >

Hey thanks for being kind to that nerd. They had some good info. >

That's literally why antibacterial soaps are discouraged. Those should only be used to ward off infection, not daily use.  I always cringe when it's my only option while out and about >

Explain why that is why it's discouraged? Only the stronger ones stay? >

Yes and it allows the bacteria to become immune. 
It's the same idea why we are starting to see STI's that aren't readily treatable with simple antibiotics since they've over prescribed antibiotics for decades, and they pump livestock full of them that we eventually ingest.