Amish Children Remarkably Immune

[oladub]

No one mentioned that the Amish immigrated from Switzerland the other place the article mentioned with children not having many immune problems. So the answer could be genetic.

[Gannon]

It is there! Eighth paragraph.

Amish families, who can trace their roots back to Switzerland, typically farm using methods from the 1800s and they don't own cars or televisions.

[jcole]

It is there! Eighth paragraph.

In addition to the above stated reasons, I'd have to guess that the Amish use little to no chemicals in their farming techniques. I've long held that all the damned fungicides, fertilizers and weed killers that Americans slather on their lawns cause many of the cancers that we're fighting today, so why not compromised immune systems and allergies?

[Meddle]

So the answer could be genetic.

As in a very limited gene pool.