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Don't Scrub Away 'Good' Germs
A lle rg y an d im m u n o lo g y s p e
c ia list D r. Jay P o rtn o y says n o t all
ty p e s o f b a c te ria are b ad , so you
d o n 't w an t to scru b aw ay the g o o d
by C hris T homas
o n e s.
T he cold and flu season is here,
"If we start to kill off all the normal
and the C enters for D isease C ontrol bacteria, use too m any an tim icro
and Prevention recom m ends h an d bial soaps, then w e don't develop
w ashing as a w ay to protect y o u r the ability to get along w ith them ,
self. H ow ever, a study from Johns and they don't provide the service
H o p k in s U n iv e rs ity q u e s tio n s w e're used to."
w h eth er w e're getting "too clean"
H ealth researchers say a lack o f
by using antibacterial products.
exposure to the "bad" bacteria can
T he researchers found that c h il cause a person's im m une system to
dren w ith higher levels o f chem icals becom e overactive and react to co m
from antibacterial soaps had m ore m on things like cats and pollen.
allergies.
Portnoy says hand w ashing is im
portant to prevent the spread o f
Antibacterial
soaps get overused
disease - and using regular soap
and w ater w ill get the jo b done.
He d escribes it as a "sym biotic
relationship" w ith the norm al bacte
ria living on and in us.
"O ur skin has bacteria on it. O ur
intestines have bacteria in them ,
and they provide services. T hey
help us d ig est our food. T hey help
produce vitam ins and m inerals for
us. T hey help to fend o ff the path o
gens or the bad bacteria."
The d o c to r says not w ashing
y o u r hands isn't an option. H e ju st
believes m ore study is needed o f
the chem icals in antibacterial soaps.
C hris T hom as is a producer with
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