How to create a healthy ‘germier’ home

admin June 10, 2025 3 minutes read

House-proud types may find this hard to process but “germier” homes can actually be great for our health.

Although some bacteria and viruses are clearly bad news, the “vast majority of these microbes are harmless or actually beneficial”, said The Washington Post, so some families are taking steps to welcome them through their doors.

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Some microbes in the natural world are like “old friends”, Graham Rook, emeritus professor of medical microbiology at University College London, told The Washington Post, and they evolved alongside us.