5 Dirtiest Things In Our surrounding That We Touch Everyday

5 Dirtiest Things In Our surrounding That We Touch Everyday

Every time you get sick, you think that back on what you ate that made you sick. But have you ever thought it may well be attributable to one thing you touched? The number of things you touch everyday is uncounted, and if you go by the advertisements on TV, it's simply your sick friend's handshake that's making you sick. That may be true to an extent, but there are things that you touch during the day that is the way more dirtiest things and may be the reason you get sick if you don't wash your hands properly.

Here are some of the scary things you touch every day that could be as dirty as a public toilet, or even worse.

The ATM

Though no one is allowed to watch you while you enter your ATM pin or withdraw cash, doesn't mean people are not allowed to touch it with their dirty hands. Hygiene experts say that public ATMs are almost as dirty as public toilets. The ATM pad is believed to harbour various germs that can cause communicable diseases like cold and diarrhoea.

Elevator Buttons

Arizona researches have found that an elevator button is nearly 40 times dirtier than a public toilet. A single square centimetre has 313 “colony forming units”. Cooking food after touching an elevator button and not washing your hands can lead to serious diseases like hepatitis A.

Chopping Board

The board you use to cut vegetables you cook and eat, is a breeding ground for germs. According to a study by the University of Arizona, there are 200 times more faecal bacteria on the average cutting board than on a toilet seat.

Money

As much as you want money, you don't want the germs that come your way with it. Money can become another reason that you get sick. A study at NYU found 3,000 different types of bacteria on a few 1$ bills.

Fridge handles

Door knobs are an easy guess, but who could have thought that fridge handles are this dirty? Fridge and almost all appliance handles are breeding ground for bacteria. After you touch that dirty fridge handle to open the fridge door, you touch your food items and put yourself at risk of various diseases that can be caused by dirty hands.

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