Washing Away Health — Cleanliness in a Microbial World

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

By Dr. Mercola

Have our bodies and environments become too clean? For decades, manufacturers of cleaning products and chemicals have scared people into enacting a household version of “germ warfare.” If you believe the advertising, no kitchen counter, floor or tub is really clean unless all germs have been annihilated with harsh chemicals.

These same companies also exhort people to over-clean themselves with toxic shampoos, soaps and body washes. Yet, daily bathing only became a practice with the relatively recent invention of indoor plumbing; over 100 years ago, many thought wetting the whole body at …read more

Source: mercola

    

  • Rating:
  • Views:117 views
  • Categories: Health