WHERE HAS YOUR PURSE BEEN??

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This will really make you think ladies! Where has your purse been???? (or

diaper bag for that matter)

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Have you ever noticed gals who sit their purses on public restroom floors -then

go directly to their dining tables and set it on the 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

one woman. " 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 " and of course in my home which should be

clean. "

We decided to find out if purses harbor a lot of Bacteria. We learned how to

test them at 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 and counters 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 them was shocked. Microbiologist Amy Karren of Labs says nearly

all of the purses tested were not only high in Bacteria, but high in harmful

kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections,

staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, 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 to play 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 at home 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?