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Gary350
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Location: TN. 50 years of gardening experience.

Breathing soil bacteria makes you smarter.

https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/health-well-being/stories/breathing-soil-bacteria-makes-you-smarter

saku
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Location: Alabama

I love it! I have been telling my family that gardening is good for them, now there is proof! :)

tylianna
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Location: Elkhart, IN

I knew playing in the dirt as a kid was good for me! Now to suck it up and let my kids do it, too...

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Kisal
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Location: Oregon

Some soil bacteria aren't so great. Although I was in the majority and never developed the disease, I have lung scarring from this one:

[url=https://www.dhpe.org/infect/histo.html]Histoplasmosis[/url]



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