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This Kitchen Staple Is a Surprising Source of Food Poisoning - Eat This
Before you dry your hands with it, make sure you've followed this pathogen-preventing protocol.
You wipe your hands on them, use them to wipe down the dining room table, shine utensils and plates, and then hang them over the oven handle or wall hook to dry. But have you ever considered how much bacteria your kitchen towels are harboring after all that daily wear and tear? The researchers from the University of Mauritius have studied the little buggers hiding in this kitchen staple and recently presented a study on their research at the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting.
Before you dry your hands with it, make sure you've followed this pathogen-preventing protocol.
You wipe your hands on them, use them to wipe down the dining room table, shine utensils and plates, and then hang them over the oven handle or wall hook to dry. But have you ever considered how much bacteria your kitchen towels are harboring after all that daily wear and tear? The researchers from the University of Mauritius have studied the little buggers hiding in this kitchen staple and recently presented a study on their research at the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting.