2016-05-24 Health Matters Why Kids Need Dirt

This is Health Matters, with an update on a topic we discussed some years ago. Why kids need dirt. “Thanks to a bacteria in soil. This explains why playing around in the dirt is linked to preventing childhood allergies and asthma.”

 

Health Matters is a production of KIDE Hoopa CA.  Produced and written by Cynthia Poten. Engineered by Joseph Orozco. Our readers were Kristen Marshall, Emilee Marshall and Joseph Orozco.  For this audio and more information, visit our download area at  www.kidefm.org. Thank you for listening. Your health adds to the health of our community.

 

 

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Sources and Links

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/allergy_and_asthma/allergies_and_the_immune_system_85,P00039/

https://wellnessmama.com/12908/kids-need-dirt/