Clean

Good-humoured and persuasive … sets out to dispel the comfortable notion that our skin is a smooth protective barrier between us and the outside world… Clean made me chuckle and then left me thoughtful * Daily Telegraph *Accessible and articulate - graceful even - and there are some wonderful surprises * Wall Street Journal *Fun, interesting and credible * New York Times *A must read * Vogue *James Hamblin’s characteristic mix of clarity and levity shine through every single page. You’ll never think about your largest organ the same way again – DAVID EPSTEIN, author of Range and The Sports Gene

James Hamblin is a doctor and holds a masters in Preventive Medicine from Yale University. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health and a specialist in preventive medicine. He is the author of If Our Bodies Could Talk and hosted a video series of the same name. He only uses soap on his hands.