Hygiene

©  2009  Rose George

Great stuff about the “hygiene hypothesis” from the New York Times. I think I sometimes appear conflicted in my views of how much hygiene is necessary: I rail about pharmaceuticals, toxins and heavy metals in effluent and sludge, but drink tap water on principle. I lament the global burden of intestinal worm infection, but think the craze for anti-bacterials here there and everywhere is crazed. Saying that things are not complicated is not good enough; this article and this book anyway are food for more thought.