A co-worker of mine, Greg.. found an interesting article by Gregg Easterbrook – sports columnist for espn.com about use of sanitizing hand wipes.. here’s the posting:
“Use of hand wipes is proliferating, owing to concerns regarding swine flu and general germ-o-phobia. The Centers for Disease Control warn that outside the hospital setting, disinfectant wipes have no demonstrated health benefit and may backfire by increasing bacteria resistance mutations while retarding the maturation of immune cells.
Immune-system maturation is triggered via contact with antigens, including the vast number of “commensal” microbes that cause no harm. Kill the harmless bugs with sanitizers, and immune system development may be hindered — leading to “a greater chance of allergies in children,” the CDC cautions. What do we observe in the period that sanitizing hand wipes have proliferated? Claims of ever-higher allergies in children.”
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