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GERMOPHOBIA!

Americans have become paranoid about germs. We buy billions of dollars of alcohol wipes, hand sanitizers, and antibacterial soaps (even though triclosan has been proven to be both ineffective and a bioaccumulative pollutant…)

Aiello, A.E., Larson, E.L. & Levy, S.B. (2007) Consumer antibacterial soaps: Effective or just risky? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 45:S137-S147. (Or, [ . . . ]

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The Best Hot Weather Exercise Wear...is a Hockey Practice Jersey

Hot weather work or exercise presents the melanin-challenged among us with a conundrum.

Strip down to the skin, and the sun burns us to a crisp…yet long-sleeved jerseys are uncomfortably hot. Usually we compromise with a short-sleeve jersey (or a T-shirt) and sunblock.

Yet I’ve found a better solution. Thinking back to my youth hockey [ . . . ]

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