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« on: June 18, 2018, 12:02:40 pm »

Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria

By Steven Reinberg



MONDAY, June 11, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Is your kitchen towel making you sick?

The answer could be yes if you use the towel for many purposes, have a large family and are not a vegetarian, according to a new study of germs lurking on towels.

Forty-nine percent of the kitchen towels collected for the study were laden with bacteria, and the bacterial count increased with the number of family members and kids, researchers from the Indian Ocean island/nation of Mauritius reported.

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180611/kitchen-towels-laden-with-bacteria#1
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 01:30:42 pm »
Well....you use new towels every day and wash yesterday's towel. 
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 01:35:12 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 18, 2018, 01:30:42 pm
Well....you use new towels every day and wash yesterday's towel.

Germs are your friend.  Embrace them. Expose yourself to them. 
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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2018, 01:58:52 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 18, 2018, 01:35:12 pm
Germs are your friend.  Embrace them. Expose yourself to them.

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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2018, 02:42:37 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on June 18, 2018, 01:58:52 pm

:nono:
We don't want to scare the germs away, now would we. 
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2018, 02:47:11 pm »
Thats ok the keyboard you are typing on is far worse.
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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2018, 02:50:20 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 18, 2018, 02:47:11 pm
Thats ok the keyboard you are typing on is far worse.

Posting from the public library again are we!    :beer:
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2018, 06:01:49 pm »
White kitchen towels and

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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2018, 06:11:55 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 18, 2018, 02:50:20 pm
Posting from the public library again are we!    :beer:

@Wingnut
The next time you grab a coffeee stirrer out of the box at work or church just remember that ~54% of men and~ 33% of women do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
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« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2018, 06:18:30 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 18, 2018, 06:11:55 pm
@Wingnut
The next time you grab a coffeee stirrer out of the box at work or church just remember that ~54% of men and~ 33% of women do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.

I'm good with that.  I'm protected by my outer crust.
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« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2018, 07:14:05 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 18, 2018, 06:18:30 pm
I'm good with that.  I'm protected by my outer crust.

You are pretty crusty.
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« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2018, 07:18:06 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 18, 2018, 07:14:05 pm
You are pretty crusty.

Antibiotics will generally take care of that, or so Im told.
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« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2018, 07:45:24 pm »
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2018, 01:00:31 am »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 18, 2018, 06:11:55 pm
@Wingnut
The next time you grab a coffeee stirrer out of the box at work or church just remember that ~54% of men and~ 33% of women do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
Just one more reason to drink your coffee black.
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« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2018, 01:24:29 am »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 18, 2018, 06:11:55 pm
@Wingnut
The next time you grab a coffeee stirrer out of the box at work or church just remember that ~54% of men and~ 33% of women do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.

My company fixed that for me.  They gradually laid off everybody I worked with, until eventually I became the last person in my lab.  I have a one-cup coffee brewer with individually sealed coffee pods (Senseo), My refrigerator is filled with 1/2 liter water bottles and food from home, and a machine gun to keep everybody away.  OK, that last part was a lie, but it's true my personality keeps them away. 

My boss mails me my performance reviews.
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« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2018, 12:07:22 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 19, 2018, 01:24:29 am
My company fixed that for me.  They gradually laid off everybody I worked with, until eventually I became the last person in my lab.  I have a one-cup coffee brewer with individually sealed coffee pods (Senseo), My refrigerator is filled with 1/2 liter water bottles and food from home, and a machine gun to keep everybody away.  OK, that last part was a lie, but it's true my personality keeps them away. 

My boss mails me my performance reviews.

Sounds like heaven!
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Re: Kitchen Towels Laden With Bacteria
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2018, 12:22:19 pm »
The book The secret life of germs is an eye opener.
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« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2018, 12:58:53 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 19, 2018, 12:07:22 pm
Sounds like heaven!

It is in many ways, and as a plus they're helping me get into a retirement frame of mind....
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« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2018, 01:05:11 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 19, 2018, 12:07:22 pm
Sounds like heaven!

No kidding. The only way it could be better is if you got to work from home in your pjs and fuzzy bunny slippers
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« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2018, 01:26:51 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on June 19, 2018, 01:05:11 pm
No kidding. The only way it could be better is if you got to work from home in your pjs and fuzzy bunny slippers

Eating Cheetos in a beanbag chair during work breaks......
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« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2018, 01:29:10 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 19, 2018, 01:26:51 pm
Eating Cheetos in a beanbag chair during work breaks......

breaks?   thats how I spend the day

beer is for the breaks
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« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2018, 01:32:12 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on June 19, 2018, 01:29:10 pm
breaks?   thats how I spend the day

beer is for the breaks

Well hell!  Time for a break then!
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