10 Sneaky Spots Flu Germs Are Hiding

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Reusable Grocery Bags

Give yourself a pat on the back for using reusable grocery bags-and then go wash your hands. Not only can these bags contain bits of food from your shopping trip, more than half of people use these bags to haul more than just groceries-namely, things like shoes, dirty laundry and sweaty gym clothes. But only about three percent of people wash their reusable bags. "In some cases, we've found more E.

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Reusable Grocery Bags

Give yourself a pat on the back for using reusable grocery bags-and then go wash your hands. Not only can these bags contain bits of food from your shopping trip, more than half of people use these bags to haul more than just groceries-namely, things like shoes, dirty laundry and sweaty gym clothes. But only about three percent of people wash their reusable bags. "In some cases, we've found more E. coli in these bags than in people's underpants," says Gerba.

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