Soaps and wash products containing certain antibacterial ingredients can no longer be sold, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. In its ruling, the FDA said there was insufficient ...

Health experts have been saying for weeks that using soap and water is one of the best ways to ward off the fast-spreading coronavirus, but plain old soap isn’t the only option on the market.

When it comes to ridding your hands of bacteria, plain old soap is just as good as many "antibacterial" soaps, new research contends. Lab tests conducted by a team of Korean researchers revealed that ...

If you’re bothering to wash your hands regularly—and you should—you’re probably using antibacterials, many of which contain triclosan, an effective bacteria-, virus- and fungus-fighting agent. But ...

Handwashing with antibacterial soap exposes hospital workers to significant and potentially unsafe levels of triclosan, a widely-used chemical currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Researchers Ni Guohua and Associate Researcher Sun Hongmei from the Institute of Plasma Physics, together with Associate ...

A new study combining fire safety, hygiene, and sustainability has led to the development of a multifunctional polyurethane ...

Polyurethane (PU) is a macromolecular polymeric material that exhibits properties between those of common rubber and rigid plastic, and has excellent properties such as wide rigidity, high intensity, ...