Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Public toilets - not as contaminated as you think.
coconutshell
follow
3
3-8-2007 1:21 AM
469 views
tags:
hygeine
,
health
,
science
,
study
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
An unsanitised history of washing
World Toilet Summit
Being Too Clean Will Make You Sick
Worldwide sanitation goal with recycling ...
Working Undercover at Dirty Hospital
should we rinse after brushing our teeth?
Why Pain Hurts? (2)
More clips from
coconutshell
Periodic Table of Awesoments
The 2 cutest Darths
More Bacon for Mousie
Today's Top Clips
Proven: Gorillas have human emotions
Does Bush Believe McCain Was Tortured?
A New State Of Mind
World’s Most Spectacular Skylines
Drunk Builders & Mad Architects
Minding Mistakes: How the Brain Monitors Errors and Learns from Goofs
Abandoned Castles Of Russian Countryside
Eight of the Most Scenically Breathtaking Natural Springs in the World
Do we create the world just by looking at it?
"Portal to mythical underworld found in Mexico"
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
March 8, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c1a17dc6-0789-43d4-933b-2e37d7aa08b4/4A9B220D-45EF-4646-8F35-7A0ECEC2A14E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin">They are widely considered the most bacteria-laden places around. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin">A team of scientists spent four years collecting nearly 1,100 samples at places like airports, restaurants, offices and bathrooms in four American cities. The scientists looked specifically for levels of bacteria as well as biological markers that indicated the presence of things like sweat, hemoglobin and urea.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin"> The most frequently contaminated areas were playgrounds and day care centers, with 46 percent showing high levels of contamination. Public restroom surfaces ranked far behind, at 25 percent, just ahead of public transportation handrails and armrests (in buses, for example) and shopping cart handles (about 21 percent each). Not far behind that were escalator handrails (19 percent), vending machine buttons (14 percent) and public phones (13 percent).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/health/06real.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1173283313-X%2BzfnvLqoUGhpbQ5ikKEnA&oref=slogin">Most have found that the risk of illness from these sources is low, and that washing your hands with soap and water can reduce that risk by about 50 percent.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4A9B220D-45EF-4646-8F35-7A0ECEC2A14E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK