>>14405369Why is the Smithsonian even taken seriously anymore?
>Humphries also notes that modern notions of hygiene played into the concept that white was clean. Soon, she writes, white became the highest proof of cleanliness, spawning white soap and sterile white uniforms in hospitals by the early 20th century.>But the sterile surface that a bleached-white sheet might symbolize could actually harm health. In recent years, researchers have found that people's obsession with cleanliness and hygiene is altering their microbiomes, which in turncould cause rising rates of asthma and serious allergies.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/color-white-dark-past-180956274/Yeah. Fuck bleached hospital sheets. C. diff. rampant in the population would totally benefit the immune system.
And the beauty is, allergies have increased and we have fucked up our natural microbiomes. But he brought up sanitized surfaces as opposed to the overprescribing of antimicrobial drugs, effects on infant immune response from cesarean sections, or addiction to hand sanitizers.
