Hopefully the fire sanitized it.
Posted on 03/07/2011 1:43:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
Next time you head down to your local supermarket, you may be taking your health into own hands — literally.
New research shows that nearly three out of four shopping cart handles are rife with fecal bacteria, including some that can cause severe illness.
Dr. Victoria Millett, a local infectious disease specialist, tells KFWB’s Maggie McKay researchers actually found more fecal bacteria on grocery cart handles than you would typically find in a bathroom.
Professor Charles Gerba, the lead researcher in the University of Arizona study, took samples from the handles of 85 carts across four states for bacterial contamination.
Gerba says 72 percent of the carts tested positive for fecal bacteria, with up to half the samples containing Escherichia coli, otherwise known as E. coli.
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I can’t prove it, of course. But I bet the people that go around worried about micro organisms on everything, and wiping everything, are no healthier than those that just figure God gave them an immune system for a reason and don’t worry about it.
Stay out of Ptown, you learned that lesson.
Huh? The aisle at the supermarket? You are directly aware of somebody changing a diaper at at a grocery store and, instead of depositing the dirty diaper in the trash, they put it on a grocery store shelf?
Poopy behind?
I watched a kid in a walmart shopping cart the other day. That kid was dripping more snot than I knew was possible.
His mother ignored him, and the snot went from his face to his hands to the cart handle...
Barf.
I believe that Veterinarians keep a supply around. Many pets are poisoned by rat/ mouse poisoning, which are typically Warfarin based (causes extensive internal hemorrhaging).
Vitamin K is an antidote, because it neutralizes the bleeding effect caused by this class of poison.
Perhaps somebody else can explain it better.
I cringe when I see a baby...sitting inside the cart or in the top part with nothing underneath....and often the baby is teething on the handle bars...
..I cringe when I see parents hand babies cookies, fruit out of the bin, deli meat & cheese....and don't even wipe the baby's hands....shudder
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
So how does the bacteria get there in the first place??
Every supermarket around here has those disinfectant stands at the front door, and I always use them, unfailingly. Wipe the whole cart or basket, my hands, anything I might touch. Was it always like that and we didn’t know? Or has something happened in recent years to change that situation?
I'm sure the conditions have been there for a long time. In reference to your question about what may have happened in recent years, it may be due to increased awareness by the public. Things like SARS, swine flu, etc. making headlines.
We had a lecture in medical school about the levels of bacteria in various area of the body. The winner? Your nose. The professor said you’re better off scratching your ass than picking your nose.
When I worked in a restaurant, I saw a mom pour ketchup on the TABLE for the toddler to dip his fries in. She might have also been the one to leave the dirty pamper under the table for us to “find” later. Some people are just NASTY.
Hopefully the fire sanitized it.
Good idea about sticking some in my purse. The local grocery store has them at the door, but, I can never remember to use them. But, after reading this, you betcha I’ll remember it now...lol
<Guess there are still quite a few people who haven’t had the pleasure of finding used diapers on the shelf at grocery store...usually tucked in behind the grocery items...change the kid’s diapers; then grab your cart and head off down the aisle...
Get.the.heck.out! No, I have never seen nor heard of such a thing. Why would you, how could you, change a diaper in the grocery store? Yuck. People are disgusting.
What a bunch of dirtbags...
Then there's the diapers.
Had to go wash my hands after reading this article, afraid my screen is contamintated also. LOL
Thanks for the post!!!! I always suspected this was occurring, but not to this extent?
Eww.
I should probably expand my caution beyond public restroom door handles.
Never forget the day when my family was waiting in line for It’s A Small World at Disneyland. We looked down and our three year old was running his tongue along the handrail. Aaaahhhhhhh!!! Didn’t get sick from it though.
Doesn't it keep Little Johnny from falling out of the cart as he is reaching for another box of Lucky Charms?
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