If my chemical cleaner kills bacteria, why should I switch to Norwex microfiber?
Reason 1 When you clean with Norwex Antibac microfiber, you pick up 99.9% of bacteria and then bacteria left in the cloth after rinsing is killed by the silver. The 0.01% of bacteria left on your surface after you wipe it is left undisturbed and is considered to be insignificant. When you clean with chemicals, you are likewise killing 99.something percent of the bacteria, but there is a difference here! First, chemical cleaners kill the beneficial bacteria in our homes along with the harmful bacteria. On top of that, the tiny percentage of bad bacteria that are left behind are not left undisturbed. Rather, because they are exposed to but not killed by the chemical cleaner, the bacteria are given the opportunity to grow ever-stronger and more resistant. The response to these super strains of bacteria is to develop ever-stonger chemical cleaners. This contributes to ever-more resistant bacteria, aptly named “Super Bugs”, that can not only make your family sick, but are extremely difficul
