http://dir.salon.com/topics/bacteria/?source=rss&aim=bacteria en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/30/dirt_on_clean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/30/dirt_on_clean/index.html?source=rss The messy history of cleanliness, and why our obsession with dirt may be making us sick. By Patrick Smith Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/03/09/askthepilot224/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/03/09/askthepilot224/index.html?source=rss Remember the sense of awe you used to feel on an airplane ride? Where did it go? Plus: The lowdown on that "filthy" and "germ-laden" cabin air. By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/30/johnson/index.html?source=rss Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror. By Terry J. Allen Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/11/02/germ_warfare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/11/02/germ_warfare/index.html?source=rss A military biowarfare training program alarms nearby residents -- especially when the Army can't keep its story straight. By Leah Kohlenberg Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/23/antibacterial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/23/antibacterial/index.html?source=rss The American Medical Association recently urged the FDA to tighten its control over antibacterial products. So what's stopping it? By Susan McCarthy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/04/germ_warfare_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/04/germ_warfare_two/index.html?source=rss Our semi-sterile lives may be too much of a good thing. Now scientists are inventing "dirty" therapies to remedy our dangerous cleanliness. Second of two parts. By Susan McCarthy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/03/germ_warfare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/03/germ_warfare/index.html?source=rss Bring on the germs. Too much cleanliness may be making some people sick. First of two parts. By Frank Houston Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/12/23/asthma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/12/23/asthma/index.html?source=rss I watched as my brother almost died from asthma. By Susan McCarthy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/08/18/mouth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/08/18/mouth/index.html?source=rss A dental-phobic writer takes a trip into the cavity we call the mouth. By Jon Bowen Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/07/13/monocaprin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/07/13/monocaprin/index.html?source=rss New tests point to a fat compound in milk as a possible STD fighter. By Arthur Allen Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/11/antibiotics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/11/antibiotics/index.html?source=rss People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs. By Debra Ollivier Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/02/22/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/02/22/feature/index.html?source=rss Land of the free, home of the clean freak -- the latest round of microbial warfare has turned America into a paranoid hot zone. By Ros Davison Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/hot/1997/12/17/17hot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/hot/1997/12/17/17hot/index.html?source=rss Does irradiating meat and other food make it safer -- or create new health risks, especially to children?