To the list of simple pleasures of childhood, the safety of which has been questioned, add more: there is snow. The study revealed that snow - even in relatively clean areas, such as Montana State and Yukon, contains a large number of bacteria.

Parents, whose children have a habit of eating snow, wonder how safe it is for a child's body. The snow is full of bacteria that are everywhere, said Dr. Penelope Dennehy. Children actually bathe in bacteria when they play in the playground. Also, almost any food we eat contains bacteria that mostly die in our stomachs.

The study was not conducted on children, therefore it is impossible to say exactly how the large amount of snow eaten will affect the child's body.. According to the scientists, there are no known clinical cases when the eaten snow would cause negative consequences for children, but still it is not necessary to abuse it, it is necessary to try to protect children from getting unnecessary bacteria into their growing organisms.

Medicinform. Net.

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