According to a British study, there are more germs on a console joystick than on a toilet seat. The prize goes to the trampoline.
Maybe these numbers will make you look at theme parks in a different way. Indeed, at the request of Unicef, a study was recently carried out by Domestos, a manufacturer of cleaning products. The results reported by the researchers reveal that many children’s games are actually far more endowed with infectious agents than the bowl of your toilet. Among the main bacteria found are Escherichia coli, known to cause gastroenteritis.
And one of the most risky activities for your toddlers is the trampoline. This device provided with cloth horizontal son which children make jumps and acrobatic figures is the main source of dirt found. Trampolines have, according to these scientists, bacterial levels of 640,000 germs per 100 cm2. For comparison, the toilet bowl has 1,600 germs per 100 cm2.
Another object to be avoided for children, bicycle cuffs which contain 14,000 germs per 100 cm2. But also, the joystick of video game controllers which counts 7,863 germs per 100cm2, a rate nearly five times higher than that of the toilet seat on average.
Nothing escapes this list of unwanted objects since even the famous teddy bears and other children’s toys were even more contaminated than the toilets with 2,549 germs per 100 cm2.
For Dr Lisa Ackerley, hygiene expert, interviewed by the DailyMail, “Hand washing is probably the most cost effective and simple way to reduce disease whether in the UK or the rest of the world. And the doctor added, “our safety and that of our children is in our hands. By washing our hands regularly, we avoid transmitting our germs to others, it is an act of solidarity. With regular hand washing, we also make sure that we get less sick from the infectious agents left by other people who are less scrupulous about hygiene. “
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