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These 5 Spots In Your Kitchen Are Probably Dirtier Than Your Bathroom - Parents
Gross-out alert! Keep your family healthy by tackling these germy spots in your kitchen ASAP.
Can you imagine serving dinner to your family…in the bathroom? Ew, right? But consider this: "There are more fecal bacteria on surfaces in the kitchen than the restroom in the average home," says Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology and environmental sciences at The University of Arizona who has been called "Dr. Germ".
Besides the serious ick-factor involved, there's another more serious issue with that level of contamination: Dirty kitchens are more likely to harbor the kinds of bacteria that can make you sick. It's estimated that food eaten at home causes up to 20 percent of foodborne illnesses, which are especially harmful to pregnant women and small children.
Among the germiest places in the kitchen are these five spots (some of these may surprise you!):
Gross-out alert! Keep your family healthy by tackling these germy spots in your kitchen ASAP.
Can you imagine serving dinner to your family…in the bathroom? Ew, right? But consider this: "There are more fecal bacteria on surfaces in the kitchen than the restroom in the average home," says Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology and environmental sciences at The University of Arizona who has been called "Dr. Germ".
Besides the serious ick-factor involved, there's another more serious issue with that level of contamination: Dirty kitchens are more likely to harbor the kinds of bacteria that can make you sick. It's estimated that food eaten at home causes up to 20 percent of foodborne illnesses, which are especially harmful to pregnant women and small children.
Among the germiest places in the kitchen are these five spots (some of these may surprise you!):