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Is our obsession with soap is obstructing the micro biome that keeps us healthy? Specialist in preventive medicine Dr James Hamblin says it maybe time to break the rules of traditional body cleanliness - but stresses we should keep washing our hands.
He is also a lecturer at Yale School of Public Health, and co-host of the Atlantic's 'Social Distance' podcast.
His new book is called, 'Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less.'