subject: Sitting, shopping and carrying can also be dangerous [print this page] Sitting, shopping and carrying can also be dangerous
A study conducted in south Korea showed unexpected results about the public tools that cause contamination and transfer of bacteria. The study, conducted by the Korean consumer protection board, found that handles of shopping carts in stores are the most polluted with bacteria among the objects that are frequently traded among people, and handles of public toilets are not as bad as expected.
Studies that have been conducted proved that there are one million germs on just one shopping cart handle
Research stress that shopping carts handles are one of the most contaminated public surfaces, even dirtier than most public restrooms. what's the reason, public restrooms are cleaned and disinfected regularly, but shopping carts are not. In fact most stores clean their shopping carts only a couple of times each year.
Many consumers don't realize the degree to which shopping carts have been exposed to bacteria and germs via sources such as meat or poultry.
children while sitting in the cart consume illness. swabs taken from shopping cart handles have shown germs , viruses, bacteria and body fluids on these plastic handles.
In the mean time, with everyone touching the cart handles and babies being put into the seats the typical shopping cart is continuously being contaminated and accumulating a startling range of germs and viruses.
finally to protect yourself and baby from getting germs wash your hands upon completion of shopping especially your child's hand if he was put on the chair of shopping cart.
use anti-bacterial wipes to clean and disinfect the cart handles
