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Playing in mud and dirt can boost your child's immune system—here's how
The diverse array of bacteria, fungi and other microbes present in mud and soil play a crucial role in our health and is key to what immunologists call "immune training". This is the process by ...
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Mud, glorious mud: Why we should get down and dirty in our wet earth
On a beach in Dorset, where the earthy hillside merges with a small stream, I spot a young boy playing quite at peace, covered top-to-toe in mud. As the wet dirt dribbles through his fingers, he’s the ...