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Drop it? Lick it!

Lick, Don’t Wash, Your Baby’s Dropped Pacifier

News you can use, from an NPR zttkyrihee interview with Jack Gilbert, author of Dirt is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System.  After the birth of his second child, Gilbert, a scientist who studies microbial ecosystems at the University of Chicago, decided to find out what’s actually known about the risks involved […]

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