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Ewww! Your house’s germiest places aren’t where you think they are

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz — Chicago Tribune

Given how often they’re on the floor, occasionally inside a public restroom, it should come as no surprise that a third of women’s purses crawl with E. coli.

And given how many grubby hands and baby bottoms touch grocery store shopping carts, we shouldn’t flinch at the fact that, on average, they carry 115 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.

It’s a dirty world we’re living in, and often our germiest encounters are not where we expect them. Not all germs are harmful, and healthy bodies can resist many illnesses. But the more people are exposed, the greater their chance of becoming infected with or transmitting a dangerous bug, whether respiratory viruses or a host of food-borne bacteria.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/29/2578836/the-germiest-places-around-the.html#emlnl=PM_update#storylink=cpy

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