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I was just reading up on "The Hygiene Hypothesis", and it seems like there's little evidence to back up the claim that our environment is "too clean". If anythi

by elric 6y ago

I was just reading up on "The Hygiene Hypothesis", and it seems like there's little evidence to back up the claim that our environment is "too clean". If anything, I suspect our environment is more likely to be too polluted than to clean. Think lead poisoning up until a few decades ago, or BPA and its ilk currently.

patrickk 6y ago
Not to mention VOCs off gassing from all kinds of things we commonly have in our homes. I wouldn’t be surprised if we look back on this era in horror at the chemicals we put in furniture etc
nradov 6y ago
The hygiene hypothesis is about infectious agents, not toxic chemicals.