Good Germs, Bad Germs

In this “groundbreaking” book, a science writer makes the case for a new model for dealing with bacteria ( Newsweek ). Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times