Gas pumps found to be germiest things we touch

[SHRED]

According to The Los Angeles Times, the results of the good doctor's research show 71 percent of gas pump handles are "'highly contaminated' with the kinds of germs most associated with a high risk of illness." Other cesspools we encounter on an everyday basis include public mailboxes, ATM machines and escalators.

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/28/gas-pumps-found-to-be-germiest-things-we-touch/


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[HuckleB]

1. I hate these stupid "studies."

It's become news filler. The studies run around trying to find places where germs just happen to be. None of them show if that's actually something we should be concerned about, but germophobes are fed, and their obsessions get worse.

Ugh.

[bemildred]

2. +1.

Next they will notice that damn near everything is toxic.

[laconicsax]

3. Automated Teller Machine machines?

:rofl:

[dmallind]

4. the hoi polloi always always commit such needless redundancies. nt

[bemildred]

5. My favorite is "The La Brea Tar Pits"

which is more or less "The the tar tar pits".

[tonekat]

6. I keep a pair of gloves in my car for gassing up

Simply because the gas pump handles seem like a place to collect every germ that exists.