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Rockland County Health Official: “Bacteria Aren’t the Enemy: Why Messy Can Be Better”

Posted on September 27, 2016

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Rockland County (NY) Health Department’s Commissioner of Health, Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, DO, MPH, DABFM, FAAFP, recently penned an article for parents of children to explain why “Bacteria Aren’t the Enemy: Why Messy Can Be Better.” The article encourages parents to step away from the anti-bacterial soaps, lotions, and cleansers to let the world’s “good” microbes do their job – help […]

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