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Rob Dunn

A grocery store aisle of cleaning and disinfecting products

Living in a disinfected world could pose unintended consequences

Disease

The world has gotten really clean during the pandemic and our hypersanitized lives may pose health risks.

Magnified red microbes float among a yellow background

A micro safari through household germs reveals that cleanliness isn’t always a good thing

Medicine

Painting with E. coli

Arts, Culture & Media
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