Just a mouse study, but published in Science and argues that keeping too clean is harmful:
http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/22/let-them-eat-dirt/
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“Let them eat dirt”
March 24, 2012Op-Ed: How Traditional Publishing Hurts Scientific Progress | Wired Science | Wired.com
March 22, 2012Stanford gene researchers see diabetes develop
March 17, 2012http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/15/BAMD1NKUNI.DTL
Nice quotes from other bay area personalgenomicists