I just don't understand it. I was watching TV and one of those commercials came on for anti-bacterial wipes, Clorox wipes I think. They showed the lovely wife cleaning her kitchen counters with the wipes, going on about how the wipes keep your family safe by killing 99.9% of bacteria. Then, she wipes off her baby's high chair tray with it. I don't get it. Why would putting a substance intended to kill things on something your baby eats off of be safe? Oh, you say, the government wouldn't allow them to put anything harmful in those wipes! Right, and there's no lead in lipstick, and even though scientists knew that trans fats were harmful over 10 years ago it's just now that they're being removed from products.
In spite of the fact that I am a firm believer in the hygiene hypothesis, I do actually own some anti-bacterial wipes. I bought them last winter for my emergency stash when I was freaking out about the flu pandemic. I figure if that happens I won't care about potential unhealthy side-effects; I'll just be trying not to die.
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