Posted on 06/26/2019 10:50:32 AM PDT by LibWhacker
You cannot be "too clean", millennials are being told, as public health experts attempt to debunk myths around hygiene. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) said incorrect theories which became popular in the 1990s were fuelling confusion and unhygienic habits among subsequent generations.
And they called for lessons on cleanliness to be included in the national curriculum
The warning comes after organisers of Glastonbury urged festival goers to opt for “strip washes” with a flannel and soap, instead of a shower, in order to help the environment.
The “hygiene hypothesis” which became widely publicised in the 1990s argued that rising rates of allergies were being caused by "overcleanliness," suggesting children should be exposed to a wide range of potentially harmful microbes.
But experts from the Royal Society today stressed this is not the case.
They said people need diverse exposure to microbes that are mostly harmless - such as those children can find playing outdoors - but should remain vigilent about hygiene in the home.
The research found that one in six men thought there was low or no risk associated with not washing their hands after using the toilet, while one in 12 saw no need to wash their hands after handling raw meat. Around half as many women had such views.
Experts called for more “targeted hygiene” in the home, in particular cleaning surfaces, utensils and hands thoroughly during and after food preparation, and putting bedding and towels on a 60C wash. Such simple measures can cut down the risk of spreading serious infections such as listeria, e. coli or norovirus, they said.
People should also wash hands with soap and water before eating with fingers, after using the toilet, after coughing, sneezing and blowing noses and after handling and laundering dirty clothing and household linens.
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What kind of crap did they teach before there was any such thing as running water and bathrooms, let alone water heaters?
Being too clean leads to allergies.
this is wrong at soooo many epidemiology layers.
Where to start ...
OCD
Actually-refugees are more hygienic
60 C is 140 F, which is cooking temperature. Your clothes and lknens aren’t going to last very long at that temp.
Where did these incorrect theories originate? RSPH?
They probably also say you should eat a high-carb, low-fat diet.
Not sure I understand the context of your comment
Are you referring to the new direction or the one in The nineties
MERSA and other superbugs.
Not proven. The “hygiene hypothesis” as a cause of allergies is appealing but too simple, making it incomplete and misleading. Research points strongly toward the most common factors in allergies as being overuse of antibiotics, poor diet, poor gut microbiome, and individual immunity. The best advice for parents is to keep the house and kids clean, but feed them well, get them outdoors, and let them have pets. And make them wash their hands frequently and assiduously.
“how many people have you really been exposed to?”
They are wrong!
If you have one partner who has one partner, you have been exposed to yourself, and your partner.
If you have two partners who have been exposed to two partners, you have potentially been exposed to an infinite number of partners.
I partially agree with you but that is not too clean.
Also, farm kids don’t have many allergies. Try keeping a farm clean.
Lots of young people look like they sleep in their clothes.
Maybe they hope to reduce the festival's water water-source and water-disposal costs and thereby increase the festival's profit.
I tell my kids, "Turn that off! We're paying for the water!" not, "Help the environment!"
You cannot be "too clean", millennials are being told...Being told by whom? Well, being told by educators, teachers. The implication is clear.
And a quick perusal of this thread reveals, probably by parents, too.
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