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did you know...
-shopping carts have 270 times more germs than a household toilet handle
The average shopping cart has 8112 bacteria colonies per square inch
large swaths of harmful bacteria were found on almost all surfaces at all grocery stores
80% of the bacteria found on shopping carts are considered harmful and could cause disease or sickness
85 random shopping carts were tested, 50% of the carts carried E. coli and 72% contained coliform bacteria( this level of coliform suggest that feral matter is involved in the contamination of shopping carts)
shopping carts are found to harbour some of the most painful microbial germs
shopping carts can be touched by dozens of people before getting cleaned some of which may have the flu
covid-19 can last up to three days on a shopping cart
shopping baskets have just as much bacteria as shopping carts
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