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posted by takyon on Sunday November 08 2015, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the p-u dept.

It's a staple of the modern morning routine: Wake up, hop in the shower, lather with soap.

But is that morning scrub-a-dub really necessary?

One man claims not. David Whitlock, a chemical engineer in Boston, has not showered for 12 years.

Whitlock isn't running an experiment in extreme water conservation. Rather, he believes that humans don't need to shower to be healthy, and that a daily soap scrub may actually remove a beneficial type of bacteria that keeps the bacteria that contribute to B.O. in check.

To boost the presence of odor-eating bacteria, Whitlock has designed a bacterial spray called AO+ Mist, which is now sold by the company AoBiome under the brand Mother Dirt. The company hopes this bacterial spritz could reduce the need for products such as soaps and deodorants and potentially even reduce or eliminate the need for showering for those so inclined.

His theory is that your skin will control odor-producing bacteria if left to its own devices, and that soap kills off good bacteria your skin needs.


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  • (Score: 1) by driverless on Monday November 09 2015, @02:49AM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday November 09 2015, @02:49AM (#260627)

    When I asked them, the guy with the duck on his head, the guy who coughs a lot, the legless guy on the cart, and Jossi/Lady Hermione/Little Sidney/Mr Viddle/Curly/The Judge/Tinker/Burke, they said that eventually you just get used to it.

  • (Score: 2) by Absolutely.Geek on Monday November 09 2015, @08:31AM

    by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Monday November 09 2015, @08:31AM (#260696)

    What duck?

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by AnonymousCowardNoMore on Monday November 09 2015, @03:30PM

      by AnonymousCowardNoMore (5416) on Monday November 09 2015, @03:30PM (#260790)

      The guy with the duck on his head is our debugger [wikipedia.org].

      • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday November 09 2015, @05:37PM

        by Freeman (732) on Monday November 09 2015, @05:37PM (#260837) Journal

        I'm not crazy, I'm just talking to a rubber duck? Yeah, try that with the people in the white coats.

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      • (Score: 2) by Absolutely.Geek on Tuesday November 10 2015, @08:59AM

        by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Tuesday November 10 2015, @08:59AM (#261152)

        I had assumed it was a reference to Duck Man from the Discworld novels since there was reference to Coffin' Michael and I assumed the smelly hippy was Foul Ole Ron.

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        Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.