The Guardian featured work by UBC microbiology professor Brett Finlay and University of Calgary scientist Marie-Claire Arrieta on the benefits of exposing children to essential microbes.
“When I was a kid you knew we had had a good day if the dirt ring round our bath was huge,” Finlay said. “Let your kid roll around in the dirt, get a pet – don’t swaddle them in a sterile cloth. Most microbes are our friends not our enemies.”
