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Why do we use soap?
whats the point of soap? its scrubbing hands together that is important, isnt it?
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The point of soap is to kill germs and keep them from spreading.
There's millions of bacteria all over your body. You could rub your legs together or your arms together and not shower, but you'd still be dirty. Soap helps kill them off and it keeps you from getting sick. There's a lot of disease in the world and soap helps to prevent it.
You should always wash your hands. It's gross not to.
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It helps to remove oils and stuck-on dirts that germs and bacteria can grow on.
Example:
Go in your kitchen and find the cooking oil or a stick of butter. Rub the oil (or melt the butter) all over your hands. Now go to the sink and try to rinse it off without using any soap. "Scrub" your hands together and see if it comes off. It isn't because there's a lot of oil. See? It won't get the oil off of your skin properly and there's A LOT of residue left. You want to rinse that down the drain.
It's the same as not using shampoo in the shower. If you just wet your hair you aren't washing it. The oils stay on the scalp and on the hair and so you get that greasy look even though you rinsed your head off. Your head can start to smell too because bacteria begin to grow on the excess oil that won't come off in plain water.
So soap is to help remove the dirt and oil to help it wash down the drain. Some oils cannot be simply rubbed off in water. Washing your hands too frequently or with too harsh of a soap can remove too much of your natural oils on your skin and cause dry skin.
Soap removes the oils, which can be breeding grounds for germs.
Now you know! :)
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Well...if you scrub your hands togeahter without soup...all your doing is rubbing the germs onto both of your hands. Water itself doesnt kill germs unless its at a certain temperature.
Soap is used to kill bacteria. Scrubbing ur hands togeather is what people do to make the soap foamy...
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Soap and scrubbing loosen the bacteria so it comes off more easily. Regular soap is not antibacterial. Just dumping soap on your hands and rinsing them off is not enough cleaning!
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we use soap to kill the germs and bacteria that are on our hands. this stops us from becoming sick and spreading infections and diseases.
just scrubbing your hands together with water will get off the visible dirt and grime on your hands but it wont kill the bacteria.
soap is very important, please use it! :)
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