I set out to track down the hand soap that now gives that guttural ping — the one that in-the-know people notice at ...

Like hand soap, dish soap does not kill bacteria, but it lifts them off surfaces so that they can be washed away by water. Phillips says that any soap will work well against washing away bacteria ...

In fact, Borwein warns that it's not even equally effective as an old-fashioned hand washing. "Soap and water is actually the best way to remove germs from the hands. Hand sanitizer is a good ...