an asu study showed that the canvas bags are bacteria laden.
apparently most people do not launder them.
and shopping carts have lots of bacteria.
3/4 of shopping carts have traces of fecal matter, most of it from infants.
When I use a shopping cart, I *never* pop out the seat and use it for small items for exactly that reason.
We keep hand sanitizer in the car, and I dose up after every Walmart run, given the mess that place is always in....
“3/4 of shopping carts have traces of fecal matter, most of it from infants.”
And this whole time I thought it was someone’s chocolate ice cream that melted.
None of it is new. There has been poo and dirt on everything for years.
When we were kids, our bodies got used to it. Now we clean everything with anti-bacterial soap and alcohol based hand cleaners.
Wonder why people get sick? It’s because no one lets their immunities build. I had a “friend” come to my house and wipe my high chair down with alcohol wipes before she would put her son into it. He son then started kindergarten and was sick the whole year.