Survey: How Clean is Clean?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.22.07
Many people now are obsessed with cleanliness, possibly to a fault; some use antibiotic cleansers full of gender bender chemicals John discussed earlier; others agree with commenter Rob on our post on Triclosan:
Too much of a sterile environment is a bad thing. People need background innoculation from natural sources, and they get that from ordinary, unnoticed background dirt.
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Where can I find that image. My wife would love a framed print of it for our house.
I couldn't find a print (which would be really neat!), but there is a nifty magnet with this image: http://www.addconsults.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=793&osCsid=b4c3cf3fef652d971aa11ca4c9dd3645.
we had this on our fridge, it is my wife's philosophy of life. the magnet was produced by ephemera inc. and it is four bucks online at their site www.ephemera-inc.com. I googled the phrase and found a couple of different versions of it.