4/7: PETA milk protest

[adamzion]

Originally posted by alphageek31337
This would be a good time for my tirade on devolution. We're all beocming weaker as a species.

While I don't know how much I'd agree with the assesment you make above, it has been demonstrated emperically that there are some instances in which an increasingly antiseptic and disease-free environment are <b>harmful</b> to our health. Take various types of irritable bowel disease (yes, I know, please). Diseases of this sort- Crohn's is one of the best-known- aren't common in the industrialized world, but neither are they exceedingly rare. They <b>are</b> exceedingly rare in parts of the world where cleanliness isn't as common.

It has also been suggested in studies that parental overcleanliness can actually end up harming an infant by reducing its chances of developing resistance to the various allergens and disease-causing bacteria/viruses which are normally in the environment.

Whether or not you can call this devolution is debatable, but there you have it.

Take it as you will,
Z