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5 Ways to Make Germs Your Friends
Kaplan Publishing
January 2009
On Sale: January 6, 2009
208 pages ISBN: 1427798044 EAN: 9781427798046 Hardcover
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Self-Help Health
""The archetypal link between dirt and guilt, and
cleanliness and innocence is built into our language,"" says
journalist Katherine Ashenburg. But Dr. Mary Ruebush
counters that with the fact that Western civilization's
obsession with antibacterial soaps and our quest to be clean
all the time is actually making us sick. Why Dirt is
Good is a fun look at the plus side of dirt and germs.
Complete with cartoons, the book features irreverant yet
medically sound advice that illustrates how we can become
healthier by exposing ourselves to a bit of dirt and germs.
Divided into four parts, the book will explore through text
and cartoons: Part 1 - Dirt =
good, antibiotics = bad
Part 2 - How your
immune system really works
- How the immune system
develops in children
Part 3 - What a germ or
bug is trying to do to prolong its life in the presence of
antibacterials and antibiotics
Part 4 |