SteLLa
16-12-06, 07:16 PM
My sister sent me this on email and I think it's important to share. :os
>TO ALL THE LADIES IN THE HOUSE!!!
>
>HANDBAGS...
>
>I never gave it a thought. Who would have thought?
>
>Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet 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...
>
>Mum got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags
>down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always
>said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
>Smart Mum!!!
>
>It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know
>what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside?
>Shauna Lake put handbags to the test - for bacteria - with surprising
>results. You may think twice about where you put your handbag.
>
>Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the
>floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but
>did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day?
>
>
>"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a
>lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
>
>"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the toilet
>while changing a nappy," says another woman "and of course in my home
>which should be clean."
>
>We decided to find out if handbags harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned
>how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, and then we set out
>to test the average woman's handbag.
>
>Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom
>of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags 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 handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags are
>so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was
>shocked.
>
>Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags
>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
>handbags could make people very sick.
>
>
>In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and
>that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the
>handbags," says Amy.
>
>Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and
>lifestyle seemed to play a role.
>
>People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with
>one exception. The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs
>had one of the worst contaminations of all.
>
>"Some type of faeces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
>
>So the moral of this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have
>the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you
>eat.
>
>Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on
>your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
>
>Experts say you should think of your handbag 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 handbag
>on the countertops" - your handbag 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 handbag will help.
>
>Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather
>handbags.
>TO ALL THE LADIES IN THE HOUSE!!!
>
>HANDBAGS...
>
>I never gave it a thought. Who would have thought?
>
>Have you ever noticed gals who sit their handbags on public toilet 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...
>
>Mum got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags
>down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always
>said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.
>Smart Mum!!!
>
>It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know
>what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside?
>Shauna Lake put handbags to the test - for bacteria - with surprising
>results. You may think twice about where you put your handbag.
>
>Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the
>floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but
>did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day?
>
>
>"I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a
>lot," says one woman. "On the floor of my car, and in toilets."
>
>"I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts, on the floor of the toilet
>while changing a nappy," says another woman "and of course in my home
>which should be clean."
>
>We decided to find out if handbags harbor a lot of bacteria. We learned
>how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake, and then we set out
>to test the average woman's handbag.
>
>Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom
>of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags 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 handbags were at least a little bit dirty. It turns out handbags are
>so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was
>shocked.
>
>Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags
>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
>handbags could make people very sick.
>
>
>In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and
>that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on the
>handbags," says Amy.
>
>Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and
>lifestyle seemed to play a role.
>
>People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with
>one exception. The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs
>had one of the worst contaminations of all.
>
>"Some type of faeces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.
>
>So the moral of this story - your handbag won't kill you, but it does have
>the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you
>eat.
>
>Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on
>your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.
>
>Experts say you should think of your handbag 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 handbag
>on the countertops" - your handbag 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 handbag will help.
>
>Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather
>handbags.