Hidden Dangers Of Handbags
(from an internet circulated e-mail)

While we may know what’s inside our handbags, do we have any idea what’s on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.

Microbiologist Amy Karren of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags 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 handbags could make people very sick.

So the moral of this story is that your handbag won’t kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat. Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don’t put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.

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