Cleanliness is next to deadliness

'Dettol man' killed by cleanliness
"An obsessive nicknamed The Dettol Man died after continually cleaning himself and his home with the disinfectant, an inquest heard.

Recluse Jacques Niemand may have been overcome by fumes from the dozens of bottles of the cleaning fluid he kept in his flat.

The 42-year-old had so much of the chemical in his system his body was starved of oxygen, the inquest was told."


I keep a clean and tidy house and bathe regularly but it's my belief that too much fussing about hygiene is as bad as not enough. This story adds fuel to that theory. I'm impatient with people who use toxic chemicals to "clean" counters or produce or those who are too strict about "best before" dates. People have survived for centuries in conditions we would consider unhygienic. Don't be afraid to expose yourself to a few germs. It'll make you stronger (if it doesn't kill you).

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