allergies

Hi,
How come there are more allergies now than there were 20 years ago? Like, back when I was in school, there was always 1 or 2 kids allergic to dust. But then again, that was if they inhaled it. Now, there's nuts. What's up with that? And a bunch of other stuff too. I can't help but thinking that this cleaning craze that we've experienced in the past several years has something to do with it. Like, kids these days were born in a sterile environment, then their houses that they spent most of their lives in, was pretty much a sterile environment because of the insane cleanliness that's been going on, but then when they're 4 years old, they go to school. Which can't be kept clean all the time, with all the other kids running around.

So in a sterile, or near-sterile environment for 4 years, any little piece of dirt can cause sickness. I'm not saying I lived in a pig-sty growing up, but I never got a big illness when I was a kid, that's because the environment wasn't as sterile in my house.

Now, kids can't even have nuts at school. Luckly I could, or else I would've died of starvation years ago without my peanut-butter sandwiches!

beijos