50 most managed things you touch every day, according to experts

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The germs are literally - including in the titles, because the coronavirus spreads in the planet. (Get vaccinated if you do not have!) Although the only way to avoid coming into contact with bacteria, pests and other germized objects reach diseases.There are some ordinary things that you enter into contact with that. Here are the 50 unhealthy things you touch every day.Read on and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseSymptoms that everyone needs to know during this pandemic.

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Restaurants

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These plastic gizmos that you are given to what host uses to tell you that your table is ready, but they are also, well, affected by many hands. "Restaurant pagers are managed by countless people whose hands were probably not clean," saysStephen C. Schimpff, MD MACP. "Their cold or the flu becomes yours!"

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Menus

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When the server gives us a menu, most of us do not think so much how many hands have touched it. "Do not get all the frenetic world, but the menus are rarely cleaned," says Dr. Schimpff. When they are, they are usually only non-disinfected wiped!

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Auto-checkout kiosks

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When the lines are long, it can save time to save you, but you can also check with germs, warns Thanu Jey, DC, Clinic Manager toYorkville Sports Medicine Clinic. "Studies have found that automatic order kiosks can be covered with germs, especially restaurants and fast food airports," says Dr. Jey. "Like kiosks are used by many successive people, in areas that follow the food and the bathroom, it makes it a bed for germs." Because they are constantly used, there is no possible way to clean them between the uses.

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Gas station pumps

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Most of them are worried about getting gasoline on our hands at the gas station, when we should be worried about germs. "The pumps at the service station and their screens are used in continuity by people who lead, making it easier for the transfer of bacteria and germs," ​​says Dr. Jey. Since pumps are hard to clean up, make sure you do a good job to clean your hands after use.

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Airport trays

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You know these trays at PSA where you put all your Junk - including dirty shoes, bags, hats and keys, before a flight? Think of all the germs that touch them. "The airport trays are covered with germs", keeps Mr. Jey. "This combined with the potential of germs around the world makes these trays all the more."

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Library books

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People read and bear their books everywhere - from the room to the bathroom and kitchen. Imagine the life of a popular library book - all the hands it passes and the places that are installed. Germs, germs and more germs! "Books are also more difficult to clean because many pages can accommodate germs," ​​says Dr. Jey.

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Your pet

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We love our pets. They live, respiratory creatures that we like unconditionally. However, they are also animals running out, enter and sometimes even eat, poop. So, touch can contaminate you with all foodborne illnesses to parasitic worms, by theCDC.

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Animals to caress zoos

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Of course, it is fun to caress small animals adorable to caress zoos, fairs, aquariums and even this school school. However, according to the CDCThe animals sometimes wear germs that can make people sick. Starting from 2010-2015, about 100 epidemics of disease in animal-related people in public areas such as zoos, fairs and educational farms have been reported to public health officials. To avoid becoming a statistic, always wash your hands with soap and water directly after touching an animal or use a hand-based hand-based disinfectant.

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Garden chickens

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TheCDCAlso warn that court chickens - which have become very trendy in recent years - are huge carriers of germs. The most dangerous and the most common is Salmonella and the organization of health offers several tips on how to stay clearhere.

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Reptiles and amphibians

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In addition to the chickens, your company serpent, your turtles, frogs or even lizards can make you seriously ill, by theCDC. In addition to touching them, you can get from Salmonella by touching anything in their habitat because their fecal materials probably come into contact with all of their aquariums to their food dishes.

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Your phone

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When was the last time you washed your screen? Exactly. Use water and a lint-free striped-resistant cloth in soft blows.

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A sponge

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Multiple studieshave found that the most managed element of your home is a sponge, because of the hot and wet environment it provides. Ato studyfound that in a single square inch of a sponge, a height of 200 million bacteria are present.

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Tea towels

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For similar reasons,Towels of the kitchen handare also screened with dangerous bacteria.

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Cutting boards

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Because cutting boards affect all of raw meat with fruits and vegetables, it is incredibly easy to become contaminated with germs. In reality,18%of them host dangerous bacteria.

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Your cooking sink

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Most of us throw our sabais dishes into the kitchen sink and then go out to clean them. But according to ato studyA 45% fainting of kitchen sinks are contaminated with coliform bacteria, which includes Salmonella and E. coli.

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Your toothbrush holder

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You may be surprised to learn that one of the most lively things to touch in your bathroom is actually your toothbrush holder. Ato studyfound that 27% of toothbrush holders were soiled with coliforms.

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The toy of your pet

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Think of everything your dog's mouth touches - then all the places they can drop their toys. It will give you a little idea ofHow to sprout this toyor a bullet that belongs to Fido or Fluffy is actually. A study found that in 23% of households, STAPH, an indicator of MRSA, was detected on pet toys and that these items were more likely to wear it than others at home.

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Socket bowls

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The same study revealed that pet bowls were also one of the most managed things in the house.

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Your remote control

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How often do you clean your remote? Many of us fail to disinfect the gadget, despite the fact that we use them daily and that we touch them directly after contacting other germized objects.

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Your keyboard of your computer

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For the same reason, our remote controls are germinated, as well as our computer keyboards.

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Your video game controller

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While 14% of positive test video game controllers for staph, themajorityof them-59% - are covered with yeast and mold.

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Pens

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Consider this:14%Household pens tested positive for staph. When using a pen, you find in public at the bank, at work or at school - who has been touched by many people, think about the potential of germs.

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Your coffee machine

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The interior of your coffee machine is one of the most sprouts, hosting 548,270 microorganisms standardized by 10 m².

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Reusable grocery bags

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You may save the environment using reusable bags, but they could be covered with germs. According to one 2010to study, many have been contaminated by E. coli, because of the fact that they come into contact with contaminated foods.

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Money

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Most of us like to have a hand on money. However, your hard earned money could make you sick. One of 2017to studyI found that the average dollar pill hosted hundreds of microorganism species - ranging from those that cause acne and skin bacteria to vaginal bacteria, microbes of mouths, pet DNA, viruses and even drugs.

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The cup of office coffee

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The cup of office coffee can seem harmless. Despite the fact that many different people use a certain cup, it is washed between the uses. However, a to studyfound that up to 90% of office cooking cups are covered with germs and, welcome, 20% can wear fecal material. This is due to the fact that most desktop sponges are completely dirty.

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Your laundry

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Of course, you know that your dirty are not really clean, but you probably have no idea how rough they are. In fact, even your fresh clothes of the dryer are hosting dangerous bacteria, due to imperfect cleaning methods. Ato studyfound that the average pair of incidents peculiar to at least 0.1 gram of feces and up to 10 grams.

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Your scholarship

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Most do not clean our handbags, but they go everywhere with us, occupy many fleeing objects, touch other contaminated objects, sit on dirty bathroom floors and offer dirty hands of our children. to the patcher. Does this give you an idea of ​​the germination of your handbag?

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The ATM

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In addition to the money being dirty, it is the dispensary where we get it. A recentto studyhave found that New York ATMs were significantly more contaminated than public toilets.

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Basket

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How many people have rolled around the grocery basket that you have been using since the last time it has been cleaned? The answer is probably a lot. Ato studyfound that grocery basket trawls around more than 360 times more bacteria than a bathroom door handle.

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Your gloves

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Many of us wear gloves to avoid seeds of touch, but the second hand touches your glove, it is likely to be contaminated. Think about all the things your tactile gloves related to your fact that most of us do not wash them every day.

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Switches

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When we clean our homes, we usually focus on areas such as the bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom. You can even wipe television, windows, or other than dirty look. But most of us do not think to disinfect all the switches, despite the light of dirty fingers touch them daily.

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All on a plane

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There is no secrets for anyone that aircraft are for pathogenic foci bacteria. Which is incredibly worrying, is that most wicked insects such as E. coli and the SARM-canLingerFrom your seat to your window shadow for us a week. Maybe the sky are not so friendly to fly, after all!

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All in room hotel

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Many of us fall ill after a trip, blaming on the plane. However, staying in a hotel room is probably just as risky in germ. surprisingto studyfound that more than 80 percent of hotel room surfaces were tested positive for faeces. Among them, the worst absolute delinquent was remote control.

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Your makeup brushes

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Even if you throw your makeup with recommended dates and regularly clean your makeup brushes, you expose yourself to dangerous bacteria.BydieLed a recent study, the makeup brushes tests that had been regularly cleaned. Guess what? Most of them contained harmful bacteria.

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Bottle your water

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Reusable water bottles are crucial to help save the planet. But keep in mind that harmful bacteria that hides inside and outside your bottle of water. Think of all the places you define your bottle of water down and on the potential germs it could be pick up. A to studyfound that 83 percent of the plastic bottles used in the gyms were contaminated with bacteria. Make sure to wash your bottle of water thoroughly between uses both inside and out!

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Lift buttons

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It is almost impossible to avoid pressing the elevator buttons, but try to keep in mind that the number of bacteria present on an elevator button is almost 40 times higher than on a public toilet seat. according to ato studyLifts in the hospital.

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The sandbox

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Children love to play in the sandbox, but just touch sand grains inside them can be seriously dangerous for your health. NSF International sampled 26 various objects found in public places, including toys in doctors' offices, children's library books and sandbox sandblashes. Of all potential breeding germs, theyfindWhether sand bins were founting for germs, offering nearly 2000 times more bacteria, yeasts and mold per square inch as the public toilet door handles. In addition, they can be contaminated with feces and parasites.

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Gymnasium

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Your gym can help you achieve your health goals in many ways. However, he can make you sick too. Ato studyHave noted that harmful bacteria lurks all over the middle gym of your dumbbells and the treadmill.

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Water fountains

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If you are thirsty, you may want to consider avoiding the fountain. The harmful bacteria is tapi in and around the moisturizing bids. AinvestigationEven found they were more germy than dog bowls!

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Produce

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Whether you are at grocery store or the farmer market, touching unwashed products can endanger you forfood poisoning.

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Your face

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If you want to avoid getting sick, the main thing you should stop touching is your face. A recentto studyHave found that when people touch their face and nose, they transfer bacteria by "self-inoculation" - which is the main means that the germs transfer contaminated surfaces to us.

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Waste disposal

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How many times have you looked down in your waste disposal to check and see what is there? In addition to your old food, there is probably harmful bacteriaWho is hiding there, including E. coli!

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Your Matte welcome

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At one time or another, you will reject and recover your input mat or your welcome mat. But keep in mind that a lot of a dirty foot touched me - andthese germsCould land on your hands!

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Auto seat of your child

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The car seat of your child is essentially a petri dish of bacteria. Ato studyRealized at the University of Birmingham discovered an average of 100 bacteria and potentially dangerous mushrooms per square centimeter of a car seat - twice as many germs than toilet seats!

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Toilet door handles

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You may have washed your hands after being turned on to the bathroom, but many others did not do it, saysStephen C. Schimpff, MDMACP. He suggests avoiding germs using your paper towel to open the door.

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Bathroom faucets

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Someone goes to the bathroom, then go to the tap to wash your hands. Dr Schimpff emphasizes that when they touch this handle for the first time, their hands can be contaminated. The safest way to transform a bathroom valve with a paper towel when you touch it.

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Toilet handles

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It should go without saying that the toilet handles are dirty for the same reasons as door handles and faucets. (And in this case, it could also have shoe dirt on it.) Use toilet paper to flush.

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The soil of the bathroom

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Shards of used toilet paper, urine splashing that miss the basin, and other unsmeases can be on the floor of the bathroom. Still, many of us place our business on this when we use the toilet. Just not! There are hooks on the doors of the bathroom for a reason.

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Bathroom stand slats

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Okay, public toilets - and just about everything in them - are simply gross. Dr. Schimpff invites you to think about the stall of the stall of the bathroom. Make sure you wash your hands after you leave the stall - no matter what you were there for! And to cross the healthiest life, do not miss: This supplement can increase your risk of cancer, tell experts .


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