那些比馬桶座髒得多的居家物品(下)

hbrushes

5.牙刷

Toothbrushes have a bad tendency to stray too close to the toilet seat. Even at the furthest point in the bathroom from the toilet seat, a toothbrush typically wont be more than 4 feet away. Because of this, whenever a toilet is flushed, airborne feces particles get propelled up to 6 feet in distance, according to Chuck Gerba, PhD, professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona. Additionally, toothbrushes on average contain around 10 million microbes, such as germs like influenza viruses, herpes, and even bacteria that can lead to gum disease and cavities. Another reason that makes toothbrushes dirtier than toilets is that the food bacteria can last for days, serving a perfect breeding ground for the microbes. In order to best limit these bacteria particles from harboring on the toothbrush, it is recommended to thoroughly rinse and disinfect toothbrushes often, as well as buying a replacement toothbrush every few years or so. Therefore, toothbrushes come in at number five on this top ten list.

也是，牙刷和馬桶都在衛生間使用，想不發生點關係都難。就算它倆在衛生間遙遙相望，但一般來講其距離也不會超過1.2米。美國亞利桑那大學環境微生物學教授查克·吉爾巴研究發現，我們每次沖廁所的時候，糞便細菌分子會在空氣中懸浮上升1.8米左右。此外，研究還發現一把牙刷平均含有大約1000萬個微生物，包括流感病毒、皰疹病毒等，甚至還藏有引發齒齦病和蛀牙的細菌。之所以說牙刷比馬桶髒，還有一個原因是食物殘留的細菌會在口腔內滯留數日，這就為細菌等微生物的滋生提供了一個絕佳搖籃。當然，為了有效地限制這些細菌滋生，我們可以經常對牙刷進行全面地清洗和消毒，或者每隔幾年就勤換牙刷。綜上所述，我們將牙刷排名榜單中列。

vision Remotes

4.電視遙控器

If you've stayed in a hotel room, you've probably held a television remote that had been held hundreds of times before you. Through a study by Katie Kirsch of the University of Houston, Kirsch and her team found that television remotes in hotels had an average of 67.6 colony-forming units of bacteria per square centimeter. These findings also proved to suggest that housekeepers and hotel maids spend only around 30 minutes per room in a typical shift, often neglecting to clean common items like remote controls. Even when they do clean items like remote controls, room cleaners often spend too little amount of time disinfecting to completely kill off the remaining bacteria growing on the remote. As a result, there is a significant risk for microbial contamination in hotel rooms, as well as spreading the bacteria to a home or office. Television remotes are therefore number four on this top ten list.

住過賓館的親們，或許都曾看過賓館的電視吧，那麼你就肯定用過被別人摸過N多次的遙控器了。休斯頓大學的凱迪·基爾希及其團隊研究人員經過一項調查，發現賓館的電視遙控器上平均每平方釐米就含有67.6個菌落形成單位。其調查結果表明，酒店服務員一般清潔一個房間的時間平均只有30分鐘，所以常常忽視了對一些日常用品的清潔，就比如說電視遙控器。就算他們會清潔遙控器這類物品，可消毒的時間通常也都很短，因而難以徹底殺死在遙控器上寄生的細菌。所以，酒店房間存在微生細菌的機率很大，繼而易致使細菌被攜帶回家和辦公室。因此，我們把電視遙控器列至榜單第四位。

resses

3.床墊

After ten years of use of a mattress, it has been shown that old mattresses will weigh more than twice the weight of what it was when it was first purchased. The reason? Dust mites and dead skin cells, in addition to bacteria and germs get buried deep into the mattress gradually over time. According to a new study conducted by Check Safety First, it was found that hotel beds are used by thousands of travelers and are never cleaned or disinfected after the high level of use. They reported that often hotels will only change and clean bed sheets and pillow covers, and leave everything else the same. Additionally, hotels often purchase reconditioned mattresses in an effort to save money. These mattresses, however, are often filled with high amounts of dust and flakes of skin, leading to illnesses not even a toilet seat would have. These combined reasons make bed mattresses number three on the list.

事實表明，用過十年的舊床墊要比剛買的時候重兩倍多。為什麼？且聽小編給你掃掃盲，這是因為經過長時間的使用，床墊裡積聚了大量的塵蟎和死皮，還有一些寄生的病菌和細菌。根據“安旅網”（Check Safety First，全球第一也是唯一一個提供酒店安全性搜尋的網站，其網站上的註冊酒店均滿足相應安全標準，旨在確保旅客居住安全——譯者注）的一項調查，酒店雖然有成千上萬的高頻居住人次，可是卻從未對客房的床墊進行過清洗或消毒。該網站報道稱，酒店一般只會更換和清洗床單及枕套，而其他床上用品通常不會進行處理。再來，酒店常常為了省錢，購置的還都是翻新的舊床墊，這些床墊原來就已經積聚了大量的灰塵和死皮，很容易引發疾病。不過坐便器可沒人買二手的，不會有這樣的顧慮。所以，基於以上多重原因，床墊“榮升”榜單第三位。

y

2.鈔票

In a study by Dr. Ron Cutler of the University of London, the biomedical scientist found that out of 200 bills of currency, 26 of the notes contained significant levels and concentrations of bacteria. Additionally, bacteria such as E. coli was discovered, along with Staphyloccus aurenus. Even more concerning, nearly 80 percent of the bank notes used in the study contained some traces of bacteria on them, significantly increasing the potential for ailments and sicknesses. If that wasn't enough, a study from the Melbourne's Public Defender office discovered that a single note of currency had bacteria levels that were 6.4 times greater than readings from restrooms, leading money to be dirtier than toilets. For this reason, money got number two on the list.

在倫敦大學羅恩·卡特勒博士（Dr. Ron Cutler）帶頭開展的一項調查中，生物醫學科學家們經過研究發現，在被檢測的200張鈔票中，有26張都含有極高濃度的細菌，而且還檢測出了大腸桿菌和金黃色釀膿葡萄球菌。更加值得關注的是，研究中有幾近百分之八十的被測紙幣上都攜帶有細菌，從而很大程度上增加了生病的風險。要是這還不足以說服你，再看看下邊這個資料。墨爾本公共防衛辦公室調查發現，一枚紙幣上所含的細菌量是洗手間裡雜誌上的6.4倍，這也就意味著錢要比廁所髒得多。因此，我們將鈔票列至榜單第二位。

hen Sponges

1.海綿百潔布

The first place spot on this list belongs to the common household kitchen sponge. According to Roxanne B. Sukol, a medical director of the Cleveland Clinic's Wellness Enterprise, kitchen sponges can contain as much as 10 million individual bacteria organisms per square inch of sponge. In other words, a kitchen sponge can be as much as 200,000 times dirtier than the surface of most toilet seats. The main reason why sponges are dirtier than toilet seats is due to the fact that the sponges are used to clean off food particles from unclean kitchen dishes. However, when the food particles are removed, they tend to stay attached to the sponges, festering bacteria and spreading the organisms to clean dishes. It is therefore best to replace and clean sponges thoroughly before use, decreasing the spread of germs and preventing future illnesses. As a result, kitchen sponges are the number one dirtiest items compared to a toilet seat.

位列此榜單首位的，是一種很常見的廚房用具——海綿百潔布。美國克利夫蘭臨床醫學院養生學院的醫療顧問洛葛仙妮·索科爾說，廚具海綿中每平方英寸就含有高達1000萬個細菌有機體。換句話說，由於海綿百潔布的用途是清洗盤子上殘留的食物汙垢，因此，一塊海綿百潔布要比大多數馬桶座表面髒20萬倍。不過，海綿雖然看上去是把食物殘餘從盤子上洗掉了，可這些食物殘留細菌實則留在了海綿上，繼而導致細菌又在看似乾淨的盤子上滋生。所以，大家最好先更換並徹底清洗一下海綿之後再洗盤子，以減少病菌的傳播，預防疾病於未然。綜上所述，我們將“比馬桶座還髒的物品”的皇冠賜予廚房海綿百潔布，將其列至榜首。

翻譯：毛志遙 來源：前十網