purses - something to think about!

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> 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!

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> > 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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