Scientists agree with common sense (again!)

In the newspaper yesterday there was an article entitled, "Scientists give grubby children a clean bill of health" Researchers have discovered germs that live on our skin and are actually good for us and help dampen down overactive immune systems. But the age of antibacterial sprays, wipes and everything else is actually leading to more people suffering from things like hay fever and eczema.

Well, we've been saying it for ages! Now science has proved common sense right all along.

Of course, all this antibacterial stuff kills something like 99.9% of germs. That's good, isn't it? But what about the 0.1% that doesn't get destroyed? It develops immunity from what's supposed to kill it off and a "super bug" is born.

So my unscientific mind says all this insistence on hygiene has caused increased cases of minor problems like eczema and increased cases of major problems posed by super bugs.

Oh well, that's progress - isn't it?