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The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day

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Dirtiest Objects - these are the 10 most common things you touch every day that are filled with dirt and germs making them the least clean objects in your life. Some of these will be very obvious but others may surprise you. The world is changing and there are so many things that seem clean but are really dirty. Nobody likes to get sick and that is why the health care industry is doing so well. Purell and Clorox make the big bucks from selling sanitizing products and this list is not going to make them any poorer. After you see how many things you use every day are dirtier than your toilet seat you may just become obsessive about cleanliness. Either way you will probably be fine. The human body is amazing and it adapts to dirty environments by creating immunity to the bacteria and diseases that try to take over your body. The choice of being clean is yours but check out this list so you know! If you want to get your mind out of the dirt and into the gutter check out the Sexiest Superbowl Commercials of all time.
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    Money

    Everybody loves money, but nobody loves the germs that comes along with it! Yuck. From the Ralphs cashier to the business executive's office to the homeless man on the street, there's an enormous amount of bacteria on every buckaroo in your pocket. Dr. Darlington, the Health Commissioner of New York, found 135,000 bacteria from washing one bill and 126,000 from another. The way to tackle this problem is easy: wash your hands.



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    Light Switch

    Somebody's got to do it, and usually it's the last person in the room. So pack up your things quick and get out of there because turning off the light switch in a public area is just about the nastiest task anyone can be assigned to do, besides counting rolls of money (refer to #1). All the itty bitty germs love swirling around on the plastic switch that's touched by millions of dirty fingers over the years add up to about 217 bacteria/square inch. According to a local restroom sanitation glossary, that's what you'd call a common contact point where germs are transmitted. Clorox wipe, anyone?



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    Computer Keyboard

    The computer's your friend (except when it freezes on you in the most pivotal moments of life) but its accompanying keyboard is a nemesis thriving with germs. In a study from a British consumer group in 2009, 33 computer keyboards were randomly sampled and out of these tested four were considered a health hazard. One was even discovered to have more bacteria than your average toilet. The only way to clean (or delete) this pile of cooties is to spray the keyboard with a can of compressed air and wipe with a cloth dipped in mild detergent.



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    Cell Phone

    Forget the dog. Cell phones are a modern (wo)man's best friend. Heck, the average person probably touches, taps, or strokes their or her cell phone more times than they pet their neglected pooch at home. New research from the United Kingdom show that mobile phones are a technological petri dish for tens and thousands of germs, mainly due to the heat that they generate as well as the bacteria it shares with your hands and face. Next time, consider an anti-microbial coating for your phone or frequent anti-bacterial wipe-downs. Or sterile rubber gloves every time you touch or use your phone, always disposing of them in a furnace immediately afterward.



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    Toilet Seat

    Though the toilet seat has been good to you on many a bad days, its porcelain white surface is party-host to all sorts of diseases and viruses. Statistics show that there are 295 bacteria for every square inch of the cold, smooth surface. Though that's not as bad as the 3.2 million on the toilet bowl, it's still not a place to rest your head on at night - or in the morning.



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  1. Alvaro Olafson
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 9/17/2012 5:30 AM
    oh yeah, gross stuff, brother
  2. Brain Esplain
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 6/12/2012 6:30 AM
    acceptable dirty objects, brother
  3. helm
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 1/21/2012 6:16 AM
    Well at least I can use my Accu-Text to handle money and dirty touch screens...
  4. casey
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 10/13/2011 3:13 PM
    90% of one doller bills pass through a stripers g string!! haha
  5. mr. right
    Toilet Seat at 1/18/2011 7:27 PM
    A toilet seat is actually the cleanest of all of them and mor since it is constantly cleaned.
  6. Anonymous
    Money at 5/04/2010 12:52 AM
    doesn't matter if it is white money or black money!!
  7. kellyjean
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 4/16/2010 8:59 PM
    ew, i must not obsess...i must not obsess
  8. sean
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 4/13/2010 9:06 AM
    The kitchen sponge "is really the dirtiest of them all."

    I agree, but if it's the dirtiest, why is it #10 on the list?
  9. DaveHoward
    The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 3/17/2010 5:39 PM
    Hmm.. did you forget that person you met on St. Patty's DAY?
    1. jdemo23
      The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day at 3/23/2010 1:44 PM
      hahah. true statement. that's something lysol can't clean.
  10. Alex
    Money at 2/18/2010 12:45 AM
    None would mind touching money tho'

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