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How Do Indoor Microbiomes Affect Human Health?

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are conducting a study of microbial communities inside buildings and how they affect human health. The report is expected to be published later this year.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks to Jordan Peccia ( @jordan_peccia), a professor of chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University and one of the scientists involved in the research.

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