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Article: kitchen sink headline here
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2008
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If you want to eat dinner from a clean surface, you might try
your bathroom.
A study released yesterday found that kitchen sinks have more
germs than bathroom sinks. The study also found that three-quarters
of American kitchen cloths and sponges are heavily contaminated with
harmful bacteria, meaning proper clean-up can be difficult.
The study was sponsored by the makers of the cleaning product
Lysol, but the company did not design the study. Samples were taken
by independent environmental scientists in 20 homes with children in
each of seven regions, including the U.K., the U.S., Germany,
Africa, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and India.
Internationally, 90 percent of kitchen cloths, 46 percent of ...