Food: 5-second rule should be 30-sec. rule! (8 Jun 2007)


	Food: 5-second rule should be 30-sec. rule! (8 Jun 2007)

readforpleasure

6-29-2007 10:34 AM

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food, research, science, germs, disease, health

readforpleasure says:

I always assumed 5 seconds was too *long*! Very cool. I love findings like this that challenge our uptight, germophobe attitudes.

Parents, let your kids play outdoors and drink from the toilet bowl

(Yes, there's also a study showing that many toilet bowls are as clean as bottled water. Wish I'd had Clipmarks when I read that -- it's long gone offline.)

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