"We are, in essence, only 10 percent human," Dr. Roy Sleator, lectureratCorkInstituteof Technology in Ireland, toldThe DailyTelegraph. "The restispuremicrobe."
In a study published last year, DrCork urged parents, in particular those with a history of eczema, to cut down on soapy detergents and baby wipes and to switch to moisturising emollients.
"We thought initially that the shoe and other objects were about 600-700 years old because they were in such good condition, " said co-author Dr Ron Pinhasi from University College Cork in Ireland.