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I personally dont put my purse on the bathroom floors... thats why they either have hooks on the doors or little platforms on the back of the bathroom.
>>Have you ever noticed gals who sit their purses on public restroom >>floors -then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table?>>>>Happens a lot!>>>>It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress. >>Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"! Read on... Mom got so >>upset when guests came in the door and plopped their purses down on >>the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said >>that purses are really dirty, because of where they have been.>>>>Smart Momma!!!>>>>It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may>>>>know what's inside our purses, do you have any idea what's on the >>outside?>>>>Shauna Lake put purses to the test - for bacteria - with surprising >>results.>>>>You may think twice about where you put your purse. Women carry >>purses everywhere; from the office to public restrooms to the floor of the car.>>>>Most women won't be caught without their purses, but did you ever stop >>to think about where your purse goes during the day?>>>>"I drive a school bus, so my purse has been on the floor of the bus a >>lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in restrooms.">>>>"I put my purse in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of bathroom >>stalls while changing a diaper," says another woman "and of course in >>my home which should be clean.">>>>We decided to find out if purses harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned >>how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, then we set out >>to test the average woman's purse.>>>>Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the >>bottom of their purse. Most said at home they usually set their >>purses on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.>>Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if >>their purses were at least a little bit dirty.>>>>It turns out purses are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist >>who tested them was shocked. Microbiologist Amy Karren of Nelson Labs >>says nearly all of the purses tested were not only high in bacteria, >>but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye >>infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, >>and salmonella and e-coli found on the purses could make people very >>sick. In one sampling, four of five purses tested positive for >>salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal >>contamination on the purses," says Amy.>>>>Leather or vinyl purses tended to be cleaner than cloth purses, and >>lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have >>dirtier purses than those without, with one exception. The purse of >>one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst >>contaminations of all. "Some type of feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.>>>>So the moral of this story - your purse won't kill you, but it does >>has the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where >>you eat. Use hooks to hang your purse at home and in restrooms, and >>don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.>>>>Experts say you should think of your purse the same way you would a >>pair of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your >>countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your >>purse on the countertops" - your purse has gone where individuals before you>>have sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc! Do you >>really want to bring that home with you?>>>>The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a purse will help. >>Wash cloth purses and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of >>leather purses.>>
bleh fanny packs.
