DISCOVER THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT WHAT YOUR SHOES ARE BRINGING ONTO YOUR CARPET AND TILE…..
In some countries and cultures, it’s scandalous to walk into a home with shoes on. But in the U.S., most people do…
However, “Good Morning America” recently tested the bottoms of eight different people’s shoes, as well as two dogs’ paws, for bacteria. According to Jonathon Sexton, a research assistant at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health, “Good Morning America’s” test results were “dirtier than a toilet seat.” “Toilet seats generally have 1,000 bacteria or less and these (shoes) are in the millions so there’s a lot more bacteria here.” One of the tested shoes contained the most bacteria of all—66 million organisms!
Children under 2 are the most vulnerable to the germs we track into the house, because they play on the floor and put their hands in their mouths an average of 80 times an hour. “That means your child can be exposed to every single bacteria that you picked up on your shoe. all the bacteria from the park, the store, everywhere you went that day,” Sexton said.
In a recent study, researchers at the University of Arizona found nine different species of bacteria on people’s shoes These types of bacteria can cause infections in our stomachs, eyes and lungs. The study also found bacteria live longer on our shoes than in other places. As we walk, we constantly pick up new debris that feeds the growth of more bacteria.
Out of GMA’s 10 test subjects, 9 contained coliform, a type of bacteria that comes mostly from human and animal waste. Scientists blame the floors of public restrooms and bird and dog droppings. The dogs in the test came in 5th and 9th place for the dirtiest soles. That doesn’t mean dogs are cleaner than people…one of the dogs had just been for a walk in the rain which probably cleaned his paws and the smaller size of paws carries fewer germs.
Researchers tested to see if bacteria on shoes would transfer to tile floors in a house. More than 90% of the time it did. So…while it’s great to remove shoes, it isn’t always practical and we hesitate to ask guests to remove shoes, so the next best thing is to….CALL ….ALL PRO CARPET CLEANERS 386 774 7441 407 833 8888.
