How Do Sulfates Work as Surfactants in Liquid Hand Soap? Two years of lab testing taught us one thing most soap brands never mention: lather doesn't clean your hands. The surfactant reaction underneath the foam does---and once we understood that distinction, it reshaped how we built NOWATA™. Sulfates are effective. We'll grant them that. But they depend on conditions most families can't reliably maintain: significant running water, a full 20-second lather, a thorough rinse. Skip any of those---at a rest stop, after the playground, or at a school cafeteria table---and the loosened contaminants stay right where you don't want them. What follows covers exactly how sulfate surfactants work, what our lab testing revealed about their limitations, and why physically removing germs may be a smarter path to clean hands . TL;DR quick answers What is sulfate-free hand soap and why does it matter? Sulfate-free hand soap uses plant-derived surfactants instead of synthetic detergents...
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