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show first aired November 29, 2007
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When it comes to getting rid of germs, we humans have done a pretty good job. So good, that the germs we need to keep our bodies running are being eliminated, too...and that can’t be good. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll talk about good germs, bad germs and trying to find a happy balance between the two. We’ll also hear from an author who has written a history of cleanliness...and is concerned that we are getting ourselves too clean for our own good. And then a story about how some of our packaged foods aren’t nearly clean enough.
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GOOD GERMS, BAD GERMS - LIVING IN THE BACTERIAL WORLD
From the time we were old enough to reach the sink and wash our own hands we’ve been told that killing germs was essential for our good health. However some now think that the overuse of antibiotics and sanitizing wipes are responsible for the growth of the so-called superbugs. Here to talk about that is Jessica Snyder Sachs, the author of Good Germs Bad Germs: Health And Survival In A Bacterial World. Jessica, we really don’t give it much thought...or perhaps don’t want to give it much thought, but we are co-existing with bacteria pretty much from the second we are born.
Keep It Clean...Well, Not THAT Clean!
The national obsession with cleanliness and germ killing has had another distressing side effect...a continuing rise in allergies and asthma. At least that what Katherine Ashenburg says in her new book The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History. She spoke with The Health Show’s Katie Britton.
Your Dirty Little Salad
There's growing concern about the spinach and lettuce in your crisper. There have been several recent recalls of bagged salads after they hit the grocery stores. The federal government recently noted that food safety has become one of it’s biggest ongoing problems. The result is a debate among growers, food processors and conservation groups over how to better protect the food supply. Chuck Quirmbach reports.
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