Do you think the toilet is the dirtiest place on earth? Not sure yet…
We often assume that the toilet is a really scary and horrible place. But you know what, the truth is that the toilet is still… clean compared to some parts of our body.
Make no mistake – our face is exactly one of the dirtiest parts of our body. It sounds ridiculous, but you won’t be surprised to learn that the cause comes from… our cell phones.
This face is also very dirty.
In today’s technology era, a person who doesn’t use a cell phone is… relatively rare. But according to a 2012 study, cell phones contain 10 times more disease-causing bacteria than toilet seats.
Even according to some reports, there was once a man who was infected with Ebola (the virus that causes disease can be transmitted through excretion) after … stealing a phone in the epidemic area.
These terrible bacteria will “crawl” on your face during phone calls. Combined with air pollution, your face becomes a breeding ground for bacteria, and can even surpass the toilet seat.
Every day, we use our hands to do almost everything. Therefore, it is not surprising to know that our hands are also one of those “horribly dirty” places.
Specifically, every day your hand travels through a lot of different objects: doorknobs, phones, toilet wipers, computer keyboards, ATM buttons… And you know what, in This number only has the “cleanest” ATM machine, with the same amount of bacteria… as a toilet.
The ATM button is the same as the toilet, but the number of bacteria in the money is 6 times that.
Even according to Dr. Val Curtis – epidemiology and public health expert in London – many of us have “fecal bacteria” E.coli – bacteria found in human feces – residing on hands. Believe it or not, in the UK, this figure is 28%.
The number of bacteria is almost unchanged if you just wash your hands through the speaker.
But anyway, we wash our hands more often than we wash our faces. However, if we just wash our hands through speakers, it won’t make any sense.
In a recent study by Dr. John Golobic (USA) – microbiologist, the results showed that a lot of male beard samples … were dirtier than most toilets in households. In it, there are many beards that contain a lot of fecal bacteria.
And here is the cause.
The cause of this horror phenomenon stems from the habit of stroking beards and mustaches. And as mentioned above, our hands are one of the dirtiest parts of the body, so you probably don’t need to wonder anymore, right?
Scientists at Harvard Medical School (USA) have discovered up to 615 different types of bacteria that live in our mouths. But you know, even if you brush your teeth a lot, it is not certain that these bacteria have been cleaned up.
The reason is because our brush is also one of the items … dirtier than the toilet. According to studies, mold can “attack” a toothbrush only 2 hours after the toilet is flushed.
In particular, the germs from the toilet have been shown to jump nearly 2m when flushing – which means that your brush almost catches all the bacteria in… the human gut.
And when I put it in my mouth… I really didn’t dare to think about it.
To prevent this, keep the toothbrush in a safer location, and also soak the toothbrush in a mouthwash containing cetylpyridinium chloride – a germicide that is harmless to humans.
This is the part we often overlook when doing personal hygiene, and because of that, the navel also becomes a breeding ground for germs, and sometimes even dirtier than the toilet bowl.
Surely this “dad’s” belly button isn’t dirty…
As the Atlantic notes, researchers have found up to… more than 2,000 different types of bacteria present in 60 samples of the umbilical cord. Even more than half of them are completely new bacteria.
Fingernails and toenails both carry an incredible amount of dirt and bacteria. Even regular hand washing will not completely eliminate these pathogens, according to the BBC. That’s why doctors and nurses wear gloves.
People who carelessly touch these body parts unknowingly come in contact with various dirt and bacteria on their hands, which can then spread to other surfaces.
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