Kitchen sponge is 20 million times more dirty than toilet seat

Core Tip: According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on November 20, a new study from the United States made a surprising discovery: kitchen sponges are 200,000 times more dirty than toilet seats! According to the study, the most dirty place in the house is not the bathroom but the kitchen.

Dr. Charles Goba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, and his colleagues conducted a number of studies on the spread of bacteria in the environment. The latest study surveyed the health status of households in nine different countries. The researchers used the wipe sampling to detect the bacteria and bacteria in the indoor equipment. The most worrying results were found in sponge rags, dishwashing cloth and reusable shopping bags. 21% of "clean" rags are actually very polluting. The latest research found that the number of bacteria per square inch of kitchen sponges and dishcloths was 10 million and 1 million, respectively.

The British authoritative microbiologist Professor Hugh Pennington agrees with the latest findings. He pointed out that the kitchen (especially the sponge rag) is the hardest hit area in the home. When washing dishes with hot water, use a sponge rag. But don't use a sponge to dry the plate. Otherwise, it can only cause clean dishes to be contaminated again by bacteria.

Kitchen sponge rags not only carry a lot of bacteria, but also have many harmful bacteria. Among them, Campylobacter from poultry meat does not affect the thinking and feeling, but it affects the peripheral nerves around the brain, affecting the ability to exercise, and then the Guillain-Barresyndrome (Guillain-Barresyndrome) Immune and humoral immunity mediated by inflammatory demyelinating peripheral neuropathy). Scientists say that in most cases, patients can get better, but the recovery period can last for weeks, months or even years.