Take a break: Youll Never Unlearn How Many Germs Are On Your Water Bottle
Well, this is certainly something to sip on.
We love reusable water bottles for being environmentally friendly and their cost effectiveness. But let’s be real: They’re a pain to continuously clean. That may prompt us to skip a few washes and keep using them. And, as it turns out, this could result in ingesting a host of germs along with our H2O.
According to 2016 data, reusable bottles can have as many or more organisms as some of our most germ-infected items (think tooth brush holders, toilet seats and pet toys).
Researchers collected 12 swabs of three different types of water bottles that hadn’t been washed for a week. They analyzed the swabs in a lab and found some of the bottles had approximately 300,000 colony-forming units of bacteria per square centimeter. A used pet toy, on average, has less than 3,000 units per square centimeter, according to the analysis.
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