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Are we keeping our kids too clean?

May 24, 2017

Dr. B. Brett Finlay, UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor & CIFAR Senior Fellow and co-author of Let Them Eat Dirt, explains to Strong and Sharp why over-sanitizing children is more harmful than good.