If I was in charge of a funding agency like the NIH, I would look into funding projects which explore the idea products which have the main purpose of killing 99.9% of bacteria. After learning about how there are many bacteria who are actually good, but end up getting washed away due to different product use, it is important to revise this idea of 99.9%. The ideal bacterium in the body and their compositions will still need to be explored, but there also needs to be a new way of cleaning. Whether this is cleaning your body or your homes. People are scared when they hear the word bacteria because it has a negative connotation. By stripping our environments of all bacteria is more harmful than helpful and more research needs to be done. Funding projects that focus on this will better the wellbeing and future of the human microbiome.
