[Web4lib] CAN LIBRARIES BE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION?

[Tim Spalding]

Well, the word on the street is that kids raised on farms have fewer
allergies. But what about kids raised in reading rooms?

T

On 8/22/07, Pons, Lisa (ponslm) <PONSLM at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
> Thank you for asking for clarification: he was concerned about
> antibacterial everything, not just soaps. He always told us regular
> soaps were fine for everyday needs.
>
> Basically, as has been said, some exposure was good to develop immunity.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pat.knuth at us.army.mil [mailto:pat.knuth at us.army.mil]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 1:13 PM
> > To: Pons, Lisa (ponslm)
> > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > Subject: Re: RE: [Web4lib] CAN LIBRARIES BE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION?
> >
> > I seem to remember reading something about many bacteria
> > drying out and dying quickly when they were on fabric.  I
> > suspect the same thing would be the case for most book pages.
> >  However, they  probably wouldn't die as quickly on the clear
> > book protectors.
> >
> > But the difference between a library or other public places
> > and a Dr.'s office or a hospital is that there is a
> > concentration of sick people at a Dr.'s office or hospital.
> > There is more chance of touching something that was just
> > touched/contaminated by a sick person.
> >
> > Lisa - was your father concerned about the overuse of soaps
> > in general, or was it antibacterial soaps?  I thought regular
> > soap just made it easier to wash the germs away, rather than
> > killing them.
> >
> > Pat Knuth
> > Systems Librarian
> > European Regional Librarian & Support Center DSN 314-370-7680 or 7430
> > Comm: +49-6221-57-7680 or 7430
> > pat.knuth at us.army.mil
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pons, Lisa (ponslm)" <PONSLM at UCMAIL.UC.EDU>
> > Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 18:30
> > Subject: RE: [Web4lib] CAN LIBRARIES BE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION?
> > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >
> > > Personal anecdote:
> > >
> > > My father was a virologist, and worked especially with the
> > flu virus
> > > and Aids viruses. He worked with Nobel Prize winners (including one
> > > who developed polio vaccine). He said that over use of soaps and
> > > sanitizersto destroy germs could (to somehwat oversimplify)
> > result in
> > > superbugs, as well as mutations. He did encourage us to
> > wash our hands
> > > and such, but, as you said in your statement, a little exposure was
> > > not necessarily a bad thing.
> > >
> > > FWIW...
> > >
> > > Lisa Pons-Haitz
> > > University of Cincinnati
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > But, there are some who argue that trying too hard to
> > live in a germ
> > > > free environment makes people more likely rather than
> > less likely to
> > > > get sick because a person's body has no opportunity to develop
> > > > immunity by gradual exposure. An example of this is the
> > > > school/daycare experience. A child's first year in
> > daycare or school
> > > > is usually full of minor illnesses; then it slows or
> > stops because
> > > > the child has developed immunities to the common "germs".
> > Here is an
> > > > article that covers this topic relating to children and
> > > > allergies-
> > > > http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/hmm/00-01winter/germs.html
> > . I have
> > > > read loads of material over the years presenting this view point
> > > > with regard to living in general. Does anyone have better
> > access to
> > > > journal articles about this?
> > > >
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