Are your toilets cleaner than the interior of your car? Yes, according to the results of a study commissioned by CosmétiCar, a waterless car wash specialist.
It is not good to stay too long at the wheel of a car, according to the results of a study commissioned by CosmétiCar, a specialist in waterless car washing. Indeed, the interiors of these private vehicles display 800 bacteria per square centimeter on a steering wheel. Your toilets only have 80. There are staphylococci, salmonella, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia Coli… enough to make you sick. Without forgetting the influenza A and mushrooms.
To arrive at these unappealing conclusions, the researchers took samples from the steering wheel, gear lever and other controls of 1,200 vehicles.
To remedy this situation, drivers should avoid eating, wearing makeup and using their cars as trash. Thinking about cleaning their second home more often could reduce bacteria levels. Especially since the air conditioning of cars multiplies the quantity of bacteria and viruses.
Air conditioning, the second source of bacteria
The air conditioner is bad for the respiratory health of car passengers. Indeed, too strong thrust, air conditioning forces the body to fight cold. And bacteria, which we naturally have in the throat or nose, can develop, especially as the dry air of the air conditioning weakens the mucous membranes. the common cold so quickly arrived.
On the other hand, the air conditioning must be perfectly maintained so that it does not become a nest for microbes and does not infect the air with bacteria and viruses.
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