Clean air Quote by Joel Salatin

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

— Larry Wall

Symbiosis is a much higher reflection of intelligent life.

— Frederick Lenz

“We have already seen how pliable the microbiome can be. It can change with a touch, with a meal, with a parasitic incursion or…

— Ed Yong

“Ecological disturbance causes diseases to emerge. Shake a tree, and things fall out. Nearly all zoonotic diseases result from infection by one of six…

— David Quammen

At either end of any food chain you find a biological system-a patch of soil, a human body-and the health of one is connected-literally-to…

— Michael Pollan

By creating an artificial environment, we're not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared.

— Deepak Chopra

“Effective antibiotics are a linchpin of modern medicine; without them, it all falls apart. We are financing the creation of virulent biological weapons that…

— John Durant

When a living system is suffering from ill health, the remedy is found by connecting with more of itself.

— Francisco Varela

Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them…

— B. F. Skinner

“In 1970, an experiment was conducted in a French laboratory in which two organisms from the same species that had not developed immune systems…

— Edwin H. Friedman

“That's what happened when the desert woodrats swallowed microbes that allowed them to detoxify the poisons in creosote bushes. It's what happens when the…

— Ed Yong

I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax to destroy…

— Winston Churchill