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Drinking fountains are a huge health hazard. They are like the all you can eat self-serve restaurants of the water world. You have no clue what happens to that fountain spigot before you use it, and have no idea what happens afterwards. School fountains are said to be the worst, and the most health hazardous. Studies show that they have anywhere from 62k- 2.7 million bacterial spores per square inch.

Risk Reducing Tip:

  • Supply yourself and kids with enough water in personal water bottles or tumblers to last throughout the day.

Shopping Cart Handles

Shopping cart handles carry it all: saliva, bacteria, fecal matter you name it! This is yet another place that is at the top of the charts on the dirty scale. Shopping cart handles are touched daily by several individuals handling foods, produce, and any  personal germs they are carrying.

Risk Reducing Tip:

  • Most stores offer disinfectant wipes near the carts, UTILIZE them! If you don’t see them, or they aren’t offered start carrying your own.

ATM Buttons

Cash is not the only thing you get when you go to the ATM. These machines and their buttons often have more germs and dirt than the public bathrooms! I mean, how often do you see anyone cleaning the ATM machine (yikes!)?

Risk Reducing Tips:

  • Carry your own small container of Lysol and do a quick spray before ATM usage.
  • Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after each visit, as well as after handling paper money (this is quite dirty as well).

READ: How To Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer

Your Purse

Recent studies have shown that a woman’s purse can carry millions of bacterial spores inside. There were even oftentimes bugs like pseudomonas, salmonella and E. coli.

READ: Do You Know Where That Lipstick Has Been

Risk Reducing Tips:

  • Ladies, ever heard of the old wives tale about never putting your purse on the floor? Maybe you should consider this. Find hooks to hang your purse on, or simply put in your lap!
  • Be mindful of where you place your purse in the bathroom as well as the kitchen, keep it off the countertops!
  • Leather and vinyl purses, are the best to carry, they typically stay cleaner because they are made of cleanable materials.

Visit the BlackDoctor.org General Health center for more.

To read the rest of ”12 Places Where You And Germs Meet,” go to KissTheChaos.com.

12 Places Where You And Germs Meet  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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