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Thursday, November 3, 2011

The dirty and polluted places you play daily

From the moment we left our house we have contact with many things around us that others have played before us. Door handles, telephones, elevator buttons, all are used by thousands of people a day just like you who contribute to the propagation and spread of dirt, bacteria and diseases.

A new report created by the company Kimberly Clark revealed what those most visited and dirty in the United States. The same examinations required continuous sites in six of the largest cities in the country to test if we detected a molecule called adenosine triphosphate, which determines the presence of living beings around of an object and at high levels is a major risk to health. Among the places with greater presence of the molecule could be found gasoline pumps (71%), manages the public box (68%), escalator handrail ( 43%), and machines for withdrawing cash (41%). Also reported a high percentage of parking meters (40%), buttons to cross the street lights (35%) and food machines buttons (35%).

Experts recommend that especially in times of winter when the cold is so common and contagious used some protection before contact with these objects and wash hands thoroughly with soap and water repeatedly.

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