5 Weirdest Dirty Things in Your House

WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF THE PLACES IN OUR HOMES THAT ARE CRAWLING WITH GERMS, TOILETS, SINKS AND GARBAGE CANS TO NAME A FEW. BUT IT’S THE BACTERIA LURKING IN THE STRANGEST OF PLACES THAT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE YOU SERIOUSLY SICK. SO WHAT ARE THESE FIVE STRANGE THINGS IN YOUR HOME THAT CAN MAKE YOU SICK? LET’S FIND OUT…

ONE: YOUR CELL PHONE. THINK ABOUT IT; YOU BRING THAT PHONE EVERYWHERE EVERYDAY. IT SITS ON THE TABLE, NEAR THE SINK, IT MAY EVEN GET PUT IN YOUR PURSE OR POCKETS. THAT HARMLESS PHONE THAT YOU PUT NEAR YOUR EYES AND MOUTH ACTUALLY HABORS MORE BACTERIA PER SQUARE INCH THAN YOUR BATHROOM TOILET. SCIENTISTS FOUND A RANGE OF BACTERIA INCLUDNG STAPH, E. COLI AND SALMONELLA.

TWO: CONTROLLERS FOR THE TELEVISON AND GAME SYSTEMS. SURE IT’S FUN TO TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND WATCH SOME FOOTBALL OR A MOVIE OR YOU CAN INVITE YOUR FRIENDS OVER FOR A SESSION OF GUITAR HERO. BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU PUT THAT MICROPHONE NEAR YOUR MOUTH IMAGINE THIS: A STRAIN OF STAPH THAT IS RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS. IT WAS FOUND ALL OVER TELEVISION REMOTES IN HOSPITAL ROOMS AND COULD BE HANGING AROUND ON YOURS AS WELL.

THREE: A LOAD OF WET LAUNDRY. USUALLY WHEN YOU WASH YOUR LAUNDRY YOU EXPECT IT TO BE CLEAN. HOWEVER, IF YOU DON’T DRY YOUR CLOTHES UP TO ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY DEGREES FAREIGNHEIGHT YOU MIGHT BE PUTTING ON AN ACCESSORY THAT ISN’T SO COOL SUCH AS E. COLI BACTERIA, WHICH CAN CAUSE A HOST OF INTESTINAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

FOUR: HANDBAGS. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WOMAN HAS ONE; OR MORE. BUT BESIDES TOTING AROUND LIPSTICK AND PERFUME YOU COULD BE GIVING A FREE RIDE TO WHATEVER TOUCHED THE SURFACE YOU PUT YOUR HANDBAG ON. IF YOU LEAVE IT ON A BATHROOM FOOR IT CAN COLLECT FECAL MATTER, WHICH WAS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND BACTERIA ON PURSES IN ONE STUDY. SALMONELLA WAS ALSO PREVALENT AND BOTH CAN CAUSE INTESTINAL PROBLEMS.

AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS NUMBER FIVE: THE VERY COMPUTER YOU ARE WATCHING THIS ON. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DISINFECTED YOUR COMPUTER KEYBOARD, OR THE SCREEN? LATOPS AND DESKTOPS ARE SNEEZED ON, EATEN OVER, THINGS ARE SPILLED ON THEM AND THEY GATHER DUST MITES FROM THE AIR. WHERE HAVE YOU SET YOUR LAPTOP? WHO HAVE YOU LET USE IT AND WHAT DID THEY TOUCH BEFORE THEY CHECKED THEIR FACEBOOK?