1.
Money
Everybody loves money, but nobody loves the germs that comes along
with it! Yuck. From the Ralphs cashier to the business executive’s
office to the homeless man on the street, there’s an enormous amount of
bacteria on every buckaroo in your pocket. Dr. Darlington, the Health
Commissioner of New York, found 135,000 bacteria from washing one bill
and 126,000 from another. The way to tackle this problem is easy: wash
your hands.
2.
Light Switch
Somebody’s got to do it, and usually it’s the last person in the
room. So pack up your things quick and get out of there because turning
off the light switch in a public area is just about the nastiest task
anyone can be assigned to do, besides counting rolls of money (refer to
#1). All the itty bitty germs love swirling around on the plastic switch
that’s touched by millions of dirty fingers over the years add up to
about 217 bacteria/square inch. According to a local restroom sanitation
glossary, that’s what you’d call a common contact point where germs are
transmitted. Clorox wipe, anyone?
3.
Computer Keyboard
The computer’s your friend (except when it freezes on you in the most
pivotal moments of life) but its accompanying keyboard is a nemesis
thriving with germs. In a study from a British consumer group in 2009,
33 computer keyboards were randomly sampled and out of these tested four
were considered a health hazard. One was even discovered to have more
bacteria than your average toilet. The only way to clean (or delete)
this pile of cooties is to spray the keyboard with a can of compressed
air and wipe with a cloth dipped in mild detergent.
4.
Cell Phones
Forget the dog. Cell phones are a modern (wo)man’s best friend. Heck,
the average person probably touches, taps, or strokes their or her cell
phone more times than they pet their neglected pooch at home. New
research from the United Kingdom show that mobile phones are a
technological petri dish for tens and thousands of germs, mainly due to
the heat that they generate as well as the bacteria it shares with your
hands and face. Next time, consider an anti-microbial coating for your
phone or frequent anti-bacterial wipe-downs. Or sterile rubber gloves
every time you touch or use your phone, always disposing of them in a
furnace immediately afterward.
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