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Laura - 2007-12-12 23:18:34
Blehh. I read an interesting article in Newsweek recently (we don't get it, but my husband's boss gives him her old copies). It's here if you want to read it: http://www.newsweek.com/id/62296 It's about the rise in allergies, and here's the part I found most interesting: "But why do allergies appear to be on the rise? One of the most intriguing theories, dubbed the 'hygiene hypothesis,' is that we've all become too clean. The immune system is designed to battle dangerous foreign invaders like parasites and viruses and infections. But clean water, antibiotics and vaccines have eliminated some of our most toxic challenges. Intriguing research even posits that kids born by Caesarean section, which have risen 40 percent in the last decade, could be at higher risk for allergies, perhaps because they were never exposed to healthy bacteria in their mothers' birth canals. Without hard-core adversaries, the theory goes, the immune system starts battling the innocuous�egg or wheat�instead." So... all of these "mandates" passed to keep our kids healthy might actually be making them WORSE?! I had no idea the government and the medical profession as a whole could get things wrong. Who knew?
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Amy - 2007-12-13 10:37:06
Can parents choose not to have their child vaccinated, instead of having them vaccinated with mercury?
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