While we move soap around, it lifts up invisible oil that holds germs onto your hand.
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Articles on Germs
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The average office desk is said to contain 400 times more germs than a toilet seat.
Sit v squat – the big public toilet stand-off.
Lurking in the garden are some nasty bacteria with the potential to cause you serious harm.
Wine has long been known for its disinfecting and cleansing properties. So can it kill flu and other bugs? And what about other types of alcohol?
Why are some animals resistant to waterborne disease? A reader wants to know.
The poor quality of hand sanitisers in Kenya poses a health concern. If this market remains unregulated these products might encourage the undetected transmission of infectious pathogens in hospitals.
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
Children don’t learn much about how illnesses spread if they are just taught a list of dos and don’ts. They need to know why an action is useful.
It only takes a single fly to alight on your picnic lunch to make you uneasy about what germs may have landed with it. But what harm can come from a fly landing on your food? Should you throw it away?
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University
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Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Design Interactions, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor, Biology, Zoology, Animal Science, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Food Safety, Food Quality and Environmental Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Principal lecturer in the School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Microbial Chemistry, Aston University
