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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I don't know the science of it. Only what someone told me. It's something like the bacteria find the baking soda toxic or poisonous, but it doesn't harm humans. It lasts for a week because it kills the bacteria other than just masking the smell.

It's a base (vs an acid) so it could bother some folks' skin. I did a quick search. Supposedly, skin is ideally acidic, and putting a base on it could throw the balance off which may or may not affect some people. I would think as long as it doesn't cause any issues for you, it's probably OK, and putting it on once a week, I would think, would be infrequently enough to allow the skin to recover from anything that the base did to it.

Interesting.