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  • Can your flip-flops kill you?

    08/18/2009 10:17:00 PM PDT · by Wardenclyffe · 33 replies · 2,295+ views
    msnbc.com ^ | Tues., Aug 18, 2009 | Laura T. Coffey
    Ah, the casual, comfortable flip-flop: A symbol of summertime, an emblem of relaxation — and a harbinger of death? OK, well, that may be overstating it a little bit — but not by too terribly much, health experts say. TODAY, with the help of the University of Miami emergency mobile flip-flop lab, tested some footwear and found that there were more than 18,000 bacteria on just one pair of flip-flops. Even more shocking than the number of germs were the types represented — bacteria from fecal matter, skin and respiratory germs. One pair of 6-year-old flip-flops had germs that cause...