Archive | October, 2007

31 October 2007

Fun things to touch and get sick

I thought I had figured out all the disgusting things that carry germs, until I read this list. Although many items are obvious (like mats and machines at health clubs) there are some items came as a surprise, like a wet load of laundry, ATM machine buttons, a handbag, and a hotel TV remote. If [...]

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22 October 2007

Superbug on the rise

It’s pretty much common knowledge that gyms are terrific breeding grounds for all kinds of germs. Mats, weights, steps, showers, saunas, and steam rooms — all of these are high traffic items and areas which probably get sanitized infrequently at best, and never at worst. This is hardly news, though. What is news, however, is [...]

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