Can't remember where I heard/read this, but rates of asthma (and other respitory problems) in third world countries is significantly lower than in developed (and significantly cleaner) countries. Scientists speculated we (people in developed countries) are too clean, we're not allowing our bodies to fight the baddies and build up an immunity to the germs.
Roll on!
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Can't remember where I heard/read this, but rates of asthma (and other respitory problems) in third world countries is significantly lower than in developed (and significantly cleaner) countries. Scientists speculated we (people in developed countries) are too clean, we're not allowing our bodies to fight the baddies and build up an immunity to the germs. Roll on!