University of Colorado at Boulder, April 23, 2014

"The article, published in the journal Clinical & Experimental Immunology, argues that people living in urban centers who have less access to green spaces may be more apt to have chronic inflammation, a condition caused by immune system dysfunction."

"More opportunities to 'play in the dirt,' like visiting green spaces, could allow their immune systems to come into contact with more beneficial microbes."

Science Magazine, May 7, 2012

"A new study reveals that people who grow up in more rural environments are less likely to develop allergies. The reason maybe that environments rich with species harbor more friendly microbes, which colonize our bodies and protect against inflammatory disorders."

Science Daily, March 22, 2012

"Exposure to diverse microbes from natural systems early in life is important to development of the immune system."

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health EMBO Reports, October 7, 2011

"Biodiversity loss and inflammatory diseases are two global megatrends that might be related."

"Chronic inflammatory disorders can be added to the long list of reasons of why we should care for the diversity of animal, plant and microbial life on Earth."