ideas and resources for the responsibility advocate

Recently, Kimberly-Clark launched its newest Kleenex-brand product: disposable hand towels for the home.  On its website promoting the new throw-away paper towels, Kleenex helpfully offers these “hand drying facts”, attributed to the Center for Disease Control:

 
• Even if a hand towel is not visibly dirty, it does not mean it is clean.
• Regular washing of bathroom hand towels does not ensure clean hands.
• One-time use towels have been shown to be more hygienic.
• Hand drying with disposable towels can help prevent the spread of germs.

I find the manner of use of these ‘facts’, including their incompleteness, lack of context, and attribution, disingenuous.
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