04 Thursday Jun 2020
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Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, contamination, door handle, fingertips, germ, germs, handle, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, palm, pull, push
A door you push open, or one you pull? Microbiologist Dr. Adam Roberts says a pull-handle is 5 times more contaminated. Because our fingertips, the dirtiest part of our hand, are more likely to touch a pull-handle. While we typically push with our palm.
30 Wednesday May 2018
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cold, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, contamination, flu, germs, ill, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, kleenex, sick, sneeze, sneezing, tissues, virus
If you’re sick – and you’ve been using the same tissue to blow your nose all morning – is that a problem? Well, according to Dr. Wendy Bennett, an internist from Johns Hopkins, that ratty tissue won’t hurt you – but it could hurt those around you. Because each time you touch the tissue, you’re touching your germy mucus – and wherever your hands land afterward will be contaminated with your virus. So grab a new tissue. Or sneeze into your elbow, since that’s less likely to touch other surfaces or people.
14 Thursday Apr 2016
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$20, cash, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, contaminated, contamination, credit card, E. coli, germs, hand sanitizer, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, London School of Hygiene, sick, staph, strep, Tropical Medicine, wash your hands
Every time you touch cash or a credit card, you should wash your hands or pull out the hand sanitizer. That’s the recommendation of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The scientists found that more than 1-in-4 credit cards and $20 bills were contaminated with high levels of staph, strep, E. coli, and bathroom germs – levels high enough to make you really sick.
14 Tuesday Jul 2015
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bacteria, bathroom, beach, beach sand, children, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, contamination, diarrhea, E. coli, E. coli bacteria, feces, fresh water, germs, hand sanitizer, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, kids, sand, sewer runoff, soap and water, University of North Carolina
Researchers at the University of North Carolina found that digging in the sand raises the risk of diarrhea by 27%. For kids under age 11, that number jumps to 44%.
Other studies have found high levels of E. coli bacteria in the top 8 inches of sand. In fact, levels can be almost 40 times those found in the water at the same beaches.
The contamination may come from storm sewer runoff, or from the feces left by birds or other animals. And once the germs are there, the sand provides a moist environment for the bacteria to rapidly reproduce.
To stay safe, use hand sanitizer after playing in the sand or water, until you can get to a bathroom to wash your hands with soap and fresh water.
09 Friday May 2014
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bacteria, bacterial meningitis, cold, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, contamination, diarrhea, E. coli, fecal streptococcus, flu, germs, hand-bag, handbag, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, pneumonia, purse, vomiting, wash your hands
In a study, 100% of bags swabbed and tested were contaminated with harmful bacteria.
So what are the two dirtiest parts? The handle and the bottom. So don’t rest your bag on any surface on which you prepare or eat food. And, wash your hands after carrying your handbag, before you eat, or touch your nose, mouth or eyes.
