Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Hmmm...

Do you think it would be better to switch to Germ-X and just cease "washing" hands and use Germ-X instead? This seems a little yucky to me at first thought, but my aunt-in-law nurse said these products do work to kill germs and are used in hospitals. Making this change would do three things, where my little hand towel only does one of them... Using Germ-X (or brand X of it) instead of washing hands would:

1) reduce water consumption, and energy to push the water
2) reduce contaminants going into the sewers (soaps)
3) reduce waste of paper towels to dry hands

I am not sure if I am quite there yet, will have to mull this one a bit more. Maybe alternate washing and Germ-Xing... Or something...
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sure, it kills germs, but it doesn't remove dirt, which is notoriously dirty. I'd stick with washing.

4:18 PM
Anonymous said...

i am sure that the amount of water that could be saved could jump into the mililitter category. God forbid that soap could go into the sewers and put more clean contaminates into the sewers. I think we need more clean sewers. Finally since trees are a renewable resource and paper is biodegradable in like a week I doubt we have to worry about waste paper.

And somehow I doubt that Germ-X would do anything for mechanics. "Look, my hands are black with grease, but they are germ free!.

8:23 PM

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