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The dark side of modern life

Are we becoming too clean?

Bacteria play a crucial role in the development of our immune system. Since the industrial revolution we’re exposed to far fewer microbes than ever before. The last decades allergies are on the rise which led proponents of the hygiene theory questioning whether we have become too clean?

Jop de Vrieze, science journalist and author of the book Critters and Clawers shares his view on this topic.