Cleaning the house is part of the routine of many people out there. According to a survey by the National Institute for the Cleaning of U.S, 70% of households carry out at least one thorough annual cleaning. A clean and tidy environment is easier on the eyes and can help improve your mood and sense of well-being.
Most people tend to concentrate their efforts on the oven, toilet and carpets, where they know that germs, fungi, mites and bacteria accumulate. However, there are some specific objects and spaces to which we don't always pay the same attention and where dirt also accumulates. Check out!
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coffee machine
According to a survey by the Organization for Health and Public Safety of the United States, one of the kitchen objects with the highest number of germs is the coffee maker.
The researchers found in this research up to 67 different types of germs inside the examined coffee machines. Hot water cannot remove all germs and caffeine is an ideal substance for growth of bacteria, accumulating minerals that end up forming the sludge that can hinder the functioning of the machine.
Clean your coffee maker at least once every three months. Devices using capsules should be cleaned after using 100 units.
Mattress
A study published by the journal Royal Society Open Science in 2018 it demonstrated the cleaning of the mattress where a human being slept compared to another used by a chimpanzee. The result was that humans soil the mattress almost 30% more than chimpanzees.
All this dirt is the accumulation of dead skin, dust and sweat, which are breeding grounds for dust mites and bacteria. Place the mattress in the sun to reduce moisture and vacuum to control mold.
reusable shopping bags
Plastic bags are widely used to avoid the consumption of disposable bags. However, they also need cleaning.
“These bags contain more traces of fecal material and bacteria like E. coli than our underwear”, according to microbiologist Charles P. Gerba, from the University of Arizona, in the United States, told the AARP news portal.
The US National Institute of Cleanliness recommends that reusable bags be hand washed (as the washing machine can destroy them) at least once a week.
dishwashing sponge
A study by the University of Furtwangen, in Germany, points out that there may be more germs and bacteria that are dangerous for humans in the dishwashing sponge than in the sink itself. That's because the study found 362 different types of bacteria in the analyzed kitchen sponges. The tip is: wash the sponges at least once a week with chlorine or bleach, to avoid this dangerous accumulation of bacteria.
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