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Thursday 27 August 2015

SIDE-EFFECTS OF KEEPING TOOTHBRUSHES IN THE BATHROOM | Latest news, News today, Current news | News News Blog

Fair warning: this story is going to make you want to buy a new toothbrush - and then hide it from your housemates.

New research has found so many side-effects from those who share a
bathroom and still put their toothbrush there. It is very likely someone
else’s poo is on your toothbrush.
This isn’t just disgusting, it can also make you very ill.

“The main concern is not with the presence of your own fecal matter on your toothbrush, but rather when a toothbrush
is contaminated with fecal matter from someone else, which contains
bacteria, viruses or parasites that are not part of your normal flora,”
said research Lauren Aber of Quinnipiac University.
Aber examined 135 toothbrushes from college students using communal
bathrooms shared by an average of five people. The toothbrushes were
then tested, and scientists found at least 60 per cent were
contaminated with fecal bacteria - even if they were rinsed with
mouthwash or hot water and even if people stored them with a cover.
There is an 80 per cent change the bacteria found on the toothbrushes
came from a different person....SIDE-EFFECTS OF KEEPING TOOTHBRUSHES IN THE BATHROOM | Latest news, News today, Current news | News News Blog

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