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Everyday Items That Are Totally Unhygienic



"When researchers sampled playgrounds, they found blood, mucus, saliva and urine," reports Today.com. And we're not just talking about outdoor playgrounds. In 2011, mother Erin Carr-Jordan spent thousands of her own dollars to collected samples from the indoor play areas of nine fast food restaurants in seven states. The lab found fecal matter – human waste – in nearly 90 percent of the samples. Ball pits are even worse.
Everyday Items That Are                                        Totally Unhygienic
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
"Colonies of germs are living in your favorite cup. Twenty percent of office mugs carry fecal bacteria, and 90 percent are covered in other germs," Professor Charles P. Gerba of the University of Arizona, told Men's Health magazine. "That's because in an office, most people tend to clean their cups with bacteria-laden sponges or scrub brushes instead of in a dishwasher. That bacteria transfers to the mug and can live there for three days."
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
A 2010 report from the International Journal of Food Microbiology found traces of coliform bacteria on various soda fountains in the United States. Coliform is a form of bacteria found in fecal matter. The soda fountains were also found to have traces of other bacteria that could lead to staph infections or gastric issues. Just think twice before using a soda fountain at a highway rest-stop.
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reported that 1 in 6 cellphones tested in the United Kingdom were contaminated with fecal matter. Pretty safe to say the same is true around the world. Maybe even more so.
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
The news program 20/20 recently swabbed several theaters in New York and Los Angeles, then sent the samples to New York University Professor of Microbiology, Phillip M. Tierno, to analyze. He found evidence of bacteria found in cattle and soil, as well as bacteria commonly found in human feces and yeast.
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
When researchers at the University of Arizona swabbed the handles of 85 carts in four states looking for bacterial contamination, they weren't disappointed. They found that  72 percent of the carts had a positive marker for fecal matter, and 50 percent had E. coli.
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
“We did a survey collecting 1,000 sponges and dishcloths in kitchens, and about 10 percent had salmonella," Dr. Gerba also told Food & Wine. "They get wet and stay moist, so bacteria grow like crazy. The most E. coli and other fecal-based bacteria in the average home are on a sponge or cleaning cloth."
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
In 2014, a microbiologist swabbed the bathroom door, faucet handle, toilet, sink, and a tray table on a flight from San Francisco to Phoenix. Lab results showed that "the airplane's bathroom sink was by far the dirtiest with almost half a million bacteria present including fecal bacteria in the tiny airplane sink."
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
We all know currency is filthy, but what about the credit and debit cards sitting in your wallet? A researcher at the University of London found 47 percent of the credit cards tested sported high levels of bacteria — including E.coli and Staphylococcus aureus — as opposed to 26 percent of the banknotes.
Everyday Items That                                        Are Totally Unhygienic
"About 81 percent of hotel room surfaces sampled held at least some fecal bacteria. And television remotes are, in fact, among the most bacteria-laden surfaces, ranking up there with toilets and bathroom sinks," reports Scientific American.
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