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Allergies are on the rise. So, can we really keep children better protected from allergy by exposing them to more dirt, or is cleanliness still next to godliness when it comes to supporting the immune system?
According to the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, more than 150 million EU citizens suffer from chronic allergic diseases, and by 2025 over half of the European population will be affected. As for the UK, it has some of the highest prevalence rates of allergies in the world, with over 20 per cent of the population suffering from one or more.
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