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fromTasting Table
6 days ago

Why You Shouldn't Be Washing Your Kitchen Towels With Bath Towels - Tasting Table

Separate kitchen towels from bath towels during laundry to prevent bacterial contamination from raw meat and food residue from transferring to bath towels and potentially causing skin problems.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Do we really need to replace our underwear every six months? | Emma Beddington

Underwear should be replaced every six to twelve months because washing often fails to remove bacteria, viruses, fungi, and accumulated fecal residue.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

CA seeing surge in norovirus cases. The unexpected way it can spread through your household

"If you are actively sick with diarrhea or some kind of a GI-related condition, go ahead and separate those clothes from other healthy people in the household," said Emergency Medicine specialist Dr. Ali Jamehdor with Dignity Health St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach. Some people let clothes sit in the hamper for weeks. He said that diarrhea-causing E. coli and salmonella can live that long in your laundry bin.
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