According to a Reuters report via Yahoo! News, grocery shopping cart handles are among the most bacteria infested items we come in contact with in daily life.
You know the handles, the ones little kids in the baby seat sometimes gum when they are teething.
And this from MSNBC.com about a science project:
The 12-year-old compared the ice used in the drinks with the water from toilet bowls in the same restaurants. Jasmine said she found the results startling.
“I thought there might be a little bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much,” she said. “And I never thought the toilet water would be cleaner.”
Her discovery: Seventy percent of the time, the ice had more bacteria than the toilet water.
Thanks to Dwight Perry for the pointer.
Why would you say thanks for this knowledge? I’d much rather not know this!