From Susan Taylor
I was very interested in your article on the possible dangers of excessive
hygiene (“Let them eat dirt”, 18 July, p 26).
As a child I remember being told by my mother that “you have to eat a peck of
dirt before you die”, a peck being two gallons.
Is this another case of scientists catching up with what has been common
knowledge for generations?
NDSBT00@bng1ct.wgw.bt.co.uk
