Toilet is used to dispose all our
urine and
feces in the proper place. We are using toilet for the purpose of
sanitation, because without it the world will be very disgusting. Looking and observing using only our eyes is not enough to judge our toilet. Because our toilet are doing the dirty job for us people, we will think that toilet is one of the
most dirtiest things on Earth, but we are wrong. There are a lot more things dirtier than our toilet and we didn't know is those are things look clean but contains more
bacteria and more
viruses. Have some time to read the top ten unexpected things below that we never thought are dirtier than our home toilet.
TOP : 10
Thing : Ice
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About : A study of several fast food restaurants in the USA found that 70%, of the ice served contained more bacteria than the restaurants toilet water.
TOP : 9
Thing : Restroom Floors
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About : Public restrooms have about 2 million bacteria per square inch. The average toilet seat has just 50 per square inch.
TOP : 8
Thing : Office Desks
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About : The average desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
Parainfluenza viruses are found on 30% of office surfaces.
TOP : 7
Thing : Keyboards
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Keyboard photo |
About : They can offer over 200 times more bacteria than a toilet seat. 10% of office staff never clean their keyboard.
TOP : 6
Thing : Cell phones
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Cell phone photo |
About : Have 10 times more bacteria than toilet seats and can be harmful due to contact with the mouth. A man in Uganda reportedly caught
Ebola after stealing a cell.
TOP : 5
Thing : Restaurant Menus
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About : There are 100 times more bacteria on restaurant menus than on restroom toilet seats. Most are not harmful, but some can cause respiratory infections.
TOP : 4
Thing : Chopping Boards
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Chopping Board photo |
About : Raw meat products have surprisingly high level of
fecal bacteria. As a result, average cutting boards have 200 times more fecal bacteria than toilet seats.
TOP : 3
Thing : Toothbrushes
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Toothbrush photo |
About : Germs can travel up to 6 feet and linger for up to 2 hours after every toilet flush. These germs, including decal matter, are usually found on toothbrushes.
TOP : 2
Thing : Carpets
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About : With 200,000 bacteria per square inch, carpets are 4,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Humans shed 1.5 million skill cells an hour, helping feed bacteria in carpets.
TOP : 1
Thing : Kitchen Sponges
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Kitchen Sponge photo |
About : 200,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat, with 10 million bacteria per square inch. The bacteria can cause
guillain-barre syndrome, which can lead to paralysis.
Data Sources :
- www.businessinsider.com
- www.nbcnews.com
- www.abc.go.com
- www.bbc.com
- www.fitnessmagazine.com
- www.bbc.co.uk
- www.dailymail.co.uk
- www.nydailynews.com
- www.abcnews.go.com
- www.discovery.com
- www.en.wikipedia.org
Photos Sources :
- www.osmiowater.co.uk
- www.diynetwork.com
- www.escorialdesign.net
- www.omgchrome.com
- www.topspyapp.com
- www.lightsoutlunch.com
- www.amazon.co.uk
- www.polardental.com
- www.justin2carpetsrugs.co.uk
- www.kitchen.homexgarden.com
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Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.