On 12/9/05, Powell Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The rise in allergies has been related to the antiseptic environment many > children are subjected to. Their immune systems do not fully develop as > they are not exposed to normal environmental organisms. If you want > healthy kids take them outside and let them eat some good clean dirt.
I read an article that cited a study that farm kids have far fewer allergies and infections (later in life), because they're brought up in dusty, dirty environments from infancy. Not that farms are dirty (don't want to insult farmers), but - you know what I mean - dusty barnyards, manure and guano all over the place, running around muddy fields. All of that early exposure builds up immunities that city kids (some of whom are reared in near sterile conditions in comparison) don't have the advantage of. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
