Gives you something to think about...Both Women and Men.............
I always want to gag when I'm @ a table with a group of ladies and there's always that "one" who sets her purse on the table beside someone else's eating utensils & plate. Alas, here is proof and not just my own idiosyncrasy.
We really need to think about this and be aware of where we put our purses. Ugh, when I think of all the germs we carry around with us.
A study was performed on women's purses. A health team went to a local
mall and took samples from the bottom of 50 women's purses. The purses
were swabbed with cotton swabs along the entire bottom of the purses
and placed into special containers. The swabs were then processed at a
local laboratory.
The Health Report also showed where women place their purses: public
rest-rooms (on the floor beside the toilet), kitchen counters & kitchen
tables, on tables & chairs in restaurants, etc.
The results of the laboratory tests contained the following most
serious result:
1 out of 4 purses - E COLI
Other extremely serious bacteria also were listed, including Hepatitis.
They recommended that women should DAILY wipe their purses (part
icularly the bottom) with a disinfectant wipe and to be extremely careful
where you sit your purse. Most important, do NOT place your purse on a
table (anywhere) where you will eat or on a kitchen counter and do not put
it anywhere close to a toilet.
Remember, when you flush a toilet, the spray goes a distance that is
unrecognizable by the human eye.
WASH YOUR HANDS as often as you can! Keep an antibacterial hand
sanitizer cleaner (no water needed) in your purse and use it often! And
as soon as you get home from shopping (or wherever you have been and
used your purse), immediately wipe it all over with a disinfectant wipe.
This is from me -- MEN who do not wash their hands after relieving
themselves should be ASHAMED! Not only that, they are seriously
affecting your health and their own. My husband has told me many, many
times (over 50% ratio) that he has seen men in public rest-rooms relieve
themselves, zip up, and immediately leave the rest-room without washing
their hands!! Women get on your men and be sure they are washing
thoroughly after using the rest-room.
My hubby also noted that everyone spends all this time washing their
hands and then grabs the door handle to exit the rest-room. So DAH! All
those other folks who did NOT wash their hands have their germs all over
the door handle! And I have seen many women who do NOT wash their hands
after using the rest-room. So, use that paper towel you dried your hands
on to open the door and then dispose of it in the closest waste receptacle
(women, please do not put it in your purse!).
Repeating, this is a factual report aired today on Health News, Fox 5,
Atlanta, GA. Please do your part for yourself and everyone else! As soon
as I saw the report, I immediately cleaned my purse with my Clorox
Antibacterial Wipe and then set it on a paper towel where I normally
place it on a table in our den. And I asked my hubby to PLEASE scold me
if he ever saw me putting my purse on the kitchen table or counter again!
Got this in my inbox this morning from my friend in New Mexico ! So I don't have a link for it !
Bacteria on Purses !
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