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Hygiene Hypothesis Says Mess Is Best

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer adult, allergic, allergy, antibiotics, asthma, births, breast, breastfeeding, caesarean, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, feeding, Graham Rook, hygiene, hygiene hypothesis, immune, immunilogical, immunologist, immunology, Lifestyle changes, reaction, systems

According to the “Hygiene Hypothesis,” less exposure to bacteria & viruses during childhood could explain the rise in allergic diseases in recent decades.

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Peanut Allergy Rise Worries Environmentalists

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer allergen, allergies, allergy, GE, genetic engineering, genetically, genetically modified organism, genetics, glysophate, GMO, nut, peanut, peanut allergy, Roundup, vaccination, vaccine, vaccines

Do scientists think there’s a big environmental component to the huge rise in peanut allergy cases in the U.S. and beyond in recent years?

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