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Parody Alcove: More "duh" research. But even the dirty kids of cities and rural areas are becoming more insulated and protected from their environments, compared to those decades ago.
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Children who grow up with pets or on farms may develop allergies at lower rates
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1065553

EXCERPT: Children who grow up with pets or on farms may develop allergies at lower rates because their gut microbiome develops with more anaerobic commensals, per fecal analysis in small cohort study.

RESEARCH PAPER URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl...ne.0313078