Do you know how dirty a public toilet is?

Your mother must have spent a good time from your childhood explaining how it is the right way to use a public toilet. She said it was best to pee at home, but sometimes the will tightens and nature puts us in a trap.

According to the Universal Society of Cautious Mothers, the less we lean against public toilet items, the better. Poor girls are taught to pee in the style of squats, and when you need to sit down for more complex work, you should cover the toilet lid with plenty of toilet paper.

As we grow up listening to these recommendations, nothing more natural than our repudiation of shared bathrooms with many people. The question is, are these environments really that dirty?

Not wanting to devalue maternal teachings - away from us! "The truth is that public restrooms are as dirty as normal restrooms, you know that?"

Stool examination

Those who say this are the authors of a research that examined the dirtiness of some male and female public toilets. It all started with a good cleaning of the bathrooms - after that, dirt samples from various surfaces were collected at different times of the day over eight long weeks.

Analysis of the little bathtubs showed that what comes out first on the surface of things is the good old poop. This is because, by squeezing the discharge, the poop bacteria are spread throughout the environment.

Fortunately, these bacteria die quickly when they come into contact with the cold air in the bathrooms, and then they represent “only” 15% of the microorganisms that live in the public toilet. Most bacteria in public toilets are those that we grow on our warm skin and which, because of the favorable environment, survive longer.

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In numbers, the bacteria on the skin and the outside represent 68% of the disgusting microorganisms living in these enclosures. The most common is Staphylococcus - Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are known to cause us infections and to be resistant to some antibiotics. In addition to bacteria, some types of viruses were also found, such as herpes and HPV.

The good news is that after five hours of cleaning in the bathrooms, the bacterial population has remained stable even after many uses. That is, it is okay to use a public toilet as long as it is cleaned from time to time.

Always worth remembering also that one of the easiest and safest ways to avoid contamination, and this goes for any bathroom, public or not, is a beautiful hand wash. No acting unhygienic and then blaming the poor bathroom, huh!