The cleanest place in the house - the toilet seat, and the dirtiest - kitchen sponges

Toilet seat unfairly gained a reputation as the dirtiest object in the house. But scientists say that there are far more disgusting places that you least expect.

According to a study on the toilet seat on the average is about 50 6 bacteria per 4 sq. see. "This is one of the most pristine objects against microorganisms, - explained the researchers - in the house, there are not many things cleaner toilet seat when it comes to germs." Rather, you need to worry about other things in your home.

On average cutting board 200 times more fecal bacteria than a toilet seat. It does not always occur due to direct contact with faeces, and often through raw meat or internal organs of the animal, where does most of the bacteria.

But the dirtiest things in the house - it is a sponge for washing dishes and kitchen towel. According to investigators, on the sponge is home to around 10 million bacteria on 6, 4 square meters. cm, and a towel - about a million.

In other words, the sponge 200, 000 times, and the towel is 20 000 times dirtier than a toilet seat.

via factroom.ru