Re: purses - something to think about!

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Okay that was really disgusting.....I do not carry a purse much, if I do it stays in my car and I always hang it on a hook in our closet at home. Yuck, I cannot imagine setting it down on a restroom floor. , you really grossed me out, but also made me think about friends/relatives who visit. I will pay closer attention now!

Caroline

Subject: purses - something to think about!

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I have never heard of anyone putting their purse on the floor of a restroom!! Does that seem realistic?

Kathy

purses - something to think about!

> Worth thinking about

> > PURSES Have you ever noticed gals who sit their purses on publicrestroom

> floors - the go directly to their dining tables and set it onthe table?

> Happens a lot!

> >

> > It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress.

> > Sometimes "what you don't know 'will' hurt you"! Read on...

> >

> > Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their purses

> down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said

> that purses are really dirty, because of where they have been. Smart Momma!!!

> >

> > It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know

> what's inside our purses, do you have any idea what's on the outside?

> >

> > Shauna Lake put purses to the test - for bacteria - with surprising

> results. You may think twice about where you put your purse. Women carry

> purses everywhere; from the office to public restrooms to the floor of the car.

> Most women won't be caught without their purses, but did you ever stop to think

> about where your purse goes during the day?"I drive a school bus, so my purse

> has been on the floor of the bus a lot," says onewoman. "On the floor of my

> car, and in restrooms." "I put my purse in grocery shopping carts, on the floor

> of bathroom stalls while changing a diaper," says another woman "andof course

> in my home which should be clean."

> >

> > We decided to find out if purses harbour a lot of bacteria. We learned how

> to test themat Laboratories in Salt Lake , then we set out to test the

> average woman's purse.

> >

> > Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom

> of their purse. Most said at home they usually set their purses on top of

> kitchen tables andcounters where food is prepared. Most of the ladies we

> talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their purses were at least a

> little bit dirty.

> >

> > It turns out purses are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who

> tested themwas shocked. Microbiologist Amy Karren of Labs says nearly

> all of the purses testedwere not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful

> kinds of bacteria.

> >

> > Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause

> serious skininfections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the purses could

> make people very sick. In one sampling, four of five purses tested positive for

> salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. "There is fecal contamination on

> the purses," says Amy.

> >

> > Leather or vinyl purses tended to be cleaner than cloth purses, and

> lifestyle seemed toplay a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier purses

> than those without, with one exception. The purse of one single woman who

> frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. "Some type of

> feces, or possibly vomit" says Amy.

> >

> > So the moral of this story - your purse won't kill you, but it does has

> the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat. Use

> hooks to hang your purse athome and in restrooms, and don't put it on your

> desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.

> >

> > Experts say you should think of your purse the same way you would a pair

> of shoes. "If you think about putting a pair of shoes onto your countertops,

> that's the same thing you're doing when you put your purse on the countertops" -

> your purse has gone where individuals before you have sneezed, coughed, spat,

> urinated, emptied bowels, etc! Do you really want to bring that home with you?

> The microbiologists at also said cleaning a purse will help. Wash cloth

> purses and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather purses.

> >

> > THIS IS WORTH SHARING!!!

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[Guest guest]

I was at the hospital with my daughter today and they didn't have hooks for her purse. The hospital told us to spray our shoes or wash them when we got home. So I imagine purses would be gross too if they were on the bathroom floors.