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Top 10 Places Germs Lurk in Your Home

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because of stupid articles like this.
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Yes, let's not mention that any of these bacteria are neutral or beneficial.
 
Originally posted by: KLin
I heard microwaving the sponge for about a minute sterilizes it.
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And likely releases toxins and carcinogens from the plastics that melt/leech off which you then spread all over everything you use the sponge for. :shocked:
 
^ I don't know about you but I don't really feel like eating off a plate that my sponge has just cleaned anymore. Time to replace it... and I just wiped my desk stuff down along with some door handles. It helps to know & remind.
 
Remedy: Replace your sponge once a week or so, Bright suggests. Or put it in the dishwasher regularly or soak it in bleach for about 15 minutes. "The dirtier the sponge, the longer you have to soak it to be effective."
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Every week? Damn....I've got a nylon scouring pad/sponge. It's got to be almost a year old, and it still works just fine.
I don't use it daily though, so it gets a chance to dry out quite thoroughly.

Whether empty or full of dishes, the kitchen sink is a germ hot spot, says Bright. "People do a lot of food preparation there," and that food can lead to contamination, with kitchen drains having more than 500,000 bacteria per square inch, according to the Hygiene Council survey.
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Food prep in the kitchen sink? I've got a cutting board and table for that. The sink is for dishes.


So from what that article says, it confirms what I already know: Bacteria are everywhere. Take a breath - you've just inhaled lots of dust, with lots of bacteria.
Look how quickly an animal starts to decay after dying - your immune system holds off a substantial array of bacteria which are itching to start eating you. Just don't go licking random surfaces and you should be fine.


 
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because they are irrationally swayed by stupid articles like this.
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fixed.
 
I replace the sponge every month or so. My wife likes to leave it sitting sopping wet in the sink so it usually starts to smell funky after a few weeks. I try to squeeze most of the water out and set it on the counter to dry.
 
Originally posted by: geno
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because they are irrationally swayed by stupid articles like this.
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fixed.
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But then they can start buying more antibacterial soap, which can leach more chemicals into the water supply, which might contribute to chronic illnesses, which will make people buy more soap and more medicines.

So you oppose the capitalist system? Communist!



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Originally posted by: rh71
^ I don't know about you but I don't really feel like eating off a plate that my sponge has just cleaned anymore. Time to replace it... and I just wiped my desk stuff down along with some door handles. It helps to know & remind.
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If it makes you feel any better, the human mouth probably contains orders of magnitude more bacteria than anything on that list.
 
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because of stupid articles like this.
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Well it's true, they didn't just make this shit up
 
LOL! Germphreaks.

"Mattresses and pillows provide food for dust mites, Tierno tells WebMD, and bedding can also be a reservoir for molds and spores. "In the mattress core there are all sorts of human secretions and excretions," he says. "Fecal matter as well as sweat and semen."

What's the problem? "Bedroom debris is probably one of the biggest causes of allergic rhinitis," Tierno says. "Allergy from dust mites is also a problem."

Remedy: Place an "impervious" outer cover over the mattresses and pillows, Tierno says, to keep the debris contained. Then wash bedding regularly in water hot enough to kill the bugs."

Who would put "an impervious outer cover" on their mattress and pillows except a 5 year old that wets his bed?
 
Originally posted by: Quintox
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because of stupid articles like this.
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Well it's true, they didn't just make this shit up
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They didn't make it up. They just conveniently left out the part that 99.999999999% of those germs aren't actually bad. Dumping bleach and other toxic/carcinogenic chemicals all over everything in your household probably does alot more harm to you and the environment than having a few extra germs.

I use vinegar to clean most surfaces in my house. I also am careful to keep raw meat to plastic cutting boards that can go in the dishwasher. My wooden cutting boards are used for veggies and cheese only.

You can't really argue with the fact that there is saliva, semen, blood, etc... all over your bed, but does it really matter? No. As long as you wash your sheets every once in a while it's fine. You don't need to coat your whole room in plastic...
 
Originally posted by: bignateyk
Originally posted by: Quintox
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Yes, lets get the public nice and paranoid about living in their own house. People are germaphobes because of stupid articles like this.
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Well it's true, they didn't just make this shit up
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They didn't make it up. They just conveniently left out the part that 99.999999999% of those germs aren't actually bad. Dumping bleach and other toxic/carcinogenic chemicals all over everything in your household probably does alot more harm to you and the environment than having a few extra germs.

I use vinegar to clean most surfices in my house. I also am careful to keep raw meat to plastic cutting boards that can go in the dishwasher. My wooden cutting boards are used for veggies and cheese only.
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We just bleach the bejeebers out of everything.
 
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