Clean

Hamblin, James

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Every time you wash, you are removing your skin’s natural ecology. Hygiene prevents the spread of disease and saves countless lives. But in recent decades, it has been having precisely the opposite effect: rather than safeguarding us from illness, our obsession with cleanliness – and the daily removal of our body’s microbial layer – is leaving us vulnerable to allergies, weakening our ability to fight disease naturally and destroying the complex microbial balance on which we have evolved to rely. This witty investigation describes how we got here – thanks to the concerted efforts of the multi-billion-dollar beauty and drugs industry – and punctures the many myths and taboos that now plague our relationship with cleanliness.

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Publish Date: 05/08/2021
ISBN: 9781784709709 Category:

Description

SOAP SAVES LIVES. But did you know that excessive use of soap and skin-care products is harming our health and the environment? Apart from in hand-washing there is no need to use soap on our bodies at all?

Doctor and preventative medicine expert James Hamblin gave up showering five years ago and only ever uses soap on his hands. In Clean, he takes us on an irreverent and entertaining journey through our complex relationship with our bodies and cleanliness. Drawing on the latest science, he introduces a new way to think about cleanliness – one that is cheaper, simpler and better for our skin, our immunity and the world in which we live.

* With a new afterword by the author *

‘Fun, interesting and credible’ New York Times

‘Persuasive… Clean made me chuckle and then left me thoughtful’ Daily Telegraph

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Weight 216 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 20 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback
Pages

288
Language

English
Edition
Dewey

613.4 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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