Article: Nearly half of all kitchen sinks harbor high levels of potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a new international study sponsored by Lysol.(Marketing News)

* Nearly half of all kitchen sinks harbor high levels of potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a new international study sponsored by Lysol. In fact, investigators swabbing for bacteria in the U.S. and around the world found that 46% of kitchen sinks harbor unsatisfactory or heavily contaminated levels of bacteria, including E. coli.

Americans' current kitchen cleaning habits don't help protect their families from illness-causing germs, according to the new study from the Hygiene Council, a group of leading international infectious disease specialists. Despite 90% of U.S. respondents claiming to clean their kitchen surfaces at least two to three times per ...

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