A New Reason Not to Bother Buying Antibacterial Soap Antibacterial soap is overrated compared to a thorough, frictional hand-wash with regular soap. Yet, antibacterial products seem as popular as ever. Triclosan, antibacterial soap’s most infamous ingredient, is linked to bizarre changes in human and animal biology by ruining our hormones. Maybe the previous warnings are too weird to convince people to stop buying triclosan? Maybe linking to triclosan to liver fibrosis will hit home? Christine Lepisto elaborates on TreeHugger. Posted by → December 15, 2014 at 8:00 PM under News and Events