I would tend to agree, but I am an exception to this article and am not sure why. I grew up on a farm, certainly not sterilized conditions, and was not vaccinated, used only homeopathy-- until I developed explosive rheumatoid arthritis when under extreme emotional duress (my marriage). Prior to the RA I was very healthy. I believe antibiotics and vaccinations are a big part of our cancer, allergies, autism, etc--we are poisoning ourselves. So why did I get sick? I guess severe stress combined with bacteria.
Susan L In a message dated 99-08-23 14:54:50 EDT, you write: << I just read the a fascinating article in Science news which I wanted to share with you. The article suggests that many of the diseases that are currently accelerating in the US may be because of our attempts to eradicate bacteria and other organisms in our environment and in our bodies. I have heard this theory before and it makes a lot of sense to me, but this article took it one step further to include studies which showed that we may need our parasites in order to stay healthy. Evidently, baffled by the rise of diseases such as athsma, allergies, automimmune diseases, rheumatiod arthritis and diabetes in the developed nations scientist have begun to investigate the possibility that our immune systems need exposure to a certain amount of bacteria and diseases in order to develop. With the combination of early childhood vaccinations, and our >> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
