科学家12年不洗澡，靠微生物喷雾清洁_时事

科学家12年不洗澡，靠微生物喷雾清洁

In a bid to prove that showering is overrated, an American scientist hasn’t had a bath in 12 years. Instead, he sprays his skin with a mist containing live bacteria, which he claims has kept him clean all these years!

为了证明洗澡是小题大做，一位美国科学家12年没洗澡。他把一种含有活性微生物的喷雾喷洒在皮肤上，以代替洗澡。他声称，这些年他就是靠这来保持清洁的!

Dave Whitlock, a chemical engineer and MIT graduate, says that there is no basis for assuming that bathing is a healthy practice. “No one did clinical trials on people taking showers every day, he said. “I have not taken a shower in 12 years. In fact, he says that the chemicals in our soaps and shampoos have destroyed all the friendly bacteria that once inhabited our skin and kept us clean.

戴夫·惠特洛克是一位化学工程师，也是麻省理工学院(MIT)毕业生。他说，没有理论证明洗澡是一种健康的日常活动。“没有人就每天洗澡进行过临床实验。他说，“我已经12年没洗澡了。事实上，他认为，我们使用的沐浴露和洗发水中的化学成分，杀死了生活在我们皮肤上并保持我们清洁的有益微生物。

Whitlock first started thinking about good bacteria when a woman he was dating asked him why horses liked to roll around in the dirt during summer. “The only way that horses could evolve this behavior was if they had substantial evolutionary benefits from it, Whitlock explained. That’s when he realised that for the horses, this was actually a way of keeping clean.