Food allergies and Dishwashers

[GoingNuts]

For the record, we didn't have a dishwasher until DS was around 7.   

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/23/387553285/kids-allergies-and-a-possible-downside-to-squeaky-clean-dishes?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150223

[Janelle205]

I know I'm weird, since I developed the food allergies in adulthood, but my parents didn't have a dishwasher until they moved to their current home.  Which was well after I moved out.

[Mezzo]

My parents never had a dishwasher until I was an adult, and I was sneezing my head off from pollen by age 12.

[devnull]

Let's corollate car color to incidence of food allergy.

[justme]

Didn't have a dishwasher either. I drove a champaign-colored Malibu at the time. lol

[GoingNuts]

Let's corollate car color to incidence of food allergy.

[PurpleCat]

My Mom has always proudly stated, she raised 5 dishwashers, why buy one now?

[Janelle205]

Let's corollate car color to incidence of food allergy.

Well, I'm not sure about food allergy, but might be able to make it work for environmental allergens - parents with dark colored cars are more likely to have children with a pollen allergy, because they have less exposure to the pollen, because it shows up more on a dark car, causing them to wash it more often.  With a light colored car, the pollen is not as visible, so there is less frequent washing, and children get more incidental exposure, which could be protective.

There - we've got a theory.  Anyone want to run with that?

[GoingNuts]