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Your shower may be blasting you with germs: study
reuters ^ | Sep 14, 2009

Posted on 09/15/2009 12:37:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono

NEW YORK - Your shower may not be getting you as clean as you think with a U.S. study finding many showerheads are dirty and may be covering you in a daily dose of bacteria that could make you sick.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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To: JoeProBono

OH FOR CRIPES SAKE


21 posted on 09/15/2009 12:46:16 PM PDT by envisio (Wanna understand all the problems with this country? Google "Kanye West".)
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To: GOPJ

Sink faucet outlets and shower heads should be soaked in white vinegar occasionally. I even soak the outlet for my kitchen tap water filter. When you run a pot of white vinegar through your coffee pot, pour if down the sink disposal while running the motor, to kill latent germs that cause the odor. A little cup of clorox down the drains, to allow it to sit int he trap for an hour or so is also a good way to kill germs that cause odors.


22 posted on 09/15/2009 12:46:33 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: GOPJ

I soak mine in CLR a couple of times a year. And I spray the whole shower with Lysol all purpose every time I use it. But if you use soap in the shower, you pretty much take care of the germs.


23 posted on 09/15/2009 12:46:44 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: red-dawg

24 posted on 09/15/2009 12:46:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: GOP Poet

Spray your bathroom with Lysol ... If it hasn’t got me yet, then I think I am home free.


25 posted on 09/15/2009 12:47:22 PM PDT by Tarpon (The Joker's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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To: GOPJ
Or put the shower head in the dishwasher...

Bingo!

(why throw it away??)

26 posted on 09/15/2009 12:47:54 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: JoeProBono

This is old news. They had an outbreak of Legionella at some hospitals and traced it to the showers.


27 posted on 09/15/2009 12:48:09 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: libstripper

hey can I join?

wait....... that didn’t sound right. nevermind


28 posted on 09/15/2009 12:48:32 PM PDT by envisio (Wanna understand all the problems with this country? Google "Kanye West".)
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To: JoeProBono

My water is just fine.

I always bury our garbage, used motor oil, old car batteries, dead animals and the sewage from our boat, well below our wellhead.

The libs below me probably don’t take all that many showers anyway, so I fail to see any problem here.


29 posted on 09/15/2009 12:48:37 PM PDT by Gator113 (YES WE CAN.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cMxJBenigY&feature=related)
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To: JoeProBono

I wonder if those darn flow controllers prevent bacteria from being flushed out well enough.


30 posted on 09/15/2009 12:48:41 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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To: JoeProBono

I give up. Not only do I dine at sidewalk cafes while automobiles pass by,
and eat red meat and fish with mercury and apples sprayed with pesticide,
and look at the sun without glasses,
and sunbathe,
and microwave my food in plastic containers,
and drink unfiltered city water,
and eat veggies out of tin cans,
but I shower once a day.

Sheesh, I should go never get out of the bed in the morning.


31 posted on 09/15/2009 12:48:41 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A member of the Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution.)
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To: GOPJ

“””Or put the shower head in the dishwasher...””””

Or better yet.... just take a shower and quit acting like a sissyfag!


32 posted on 09/15/2009 12:50:54 PM PDT by envisio (Wanna understand all the problems with this country? Google "Kanye West".)
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To: hoe_cake

This looks like a good thread for the oh nozzzz guys LOL. Spray the head with cleaner once a week, oy.


33 posted on 09/15/2009 12:51:23 PM PDT by wombtotomb (Equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME!!)
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To: JoeProBono

So I guess we’re supposed to quit taking showers and let the Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens build up on our skin? Personally, I don’t drink water from the shower nozzle.


34 posted on 09/15/2009 12:52:14 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: JoeProBono

35 posted on 09/15/2009 12:52:21 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: hoe_cake

36 posted on 09/15/2009 12:52:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: MHGinTN

I make “volcanoes” in all my drains once a month...a couple generous tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) chased by a cup of white vinegar...wait 5 minutes...follow with hot water. Simple, and works like a charm to clean and freshen all drains.


37 posted on 09/15/2009 12:53:21 PM PDT by Palladin (ACORN is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: JoeProBono

And mother’s milk contains cancer cells.

We’re doomed!


38 posted on 09/15/2009 12:53:24 PM PDT by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: hoe_cake

Don't give up son.


39 posted on 09/15/2009 12:53:48 PM PDT by shineon
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To: libstripper

>>This really worries me, so much that I’ve called Fox News and asked that Martha McCallum, Ainsley Erhart, and Megan Kelly accompany me into my nest shower to help allay my fears.<<

ding, ding, ding!!!!

Post of the Day!


40 posted on 09/15/2009 12:53:51 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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