What does it mean when soaps claim to kill 99.99% of germs?

Published: Jan. 31, 2011, midnight

Some hand washes claim to kill 99.99% of all germs. What do these advertising slogans really mean? Would two hand washes kill 100 per cent of all germs? Plus, we ask if sending an e-card is really more environmentally friendly than a paper one. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists