10 Of The Dirtiest Items That You Use Every Day

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

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#3 – Your clean laundry

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Yes, that’s correct! Your clean laundry can actually carry more than 100 million E. coli bacteria to the washing machine, and they are the main cause of diarrhea.

The washing machine is the home to millions and millions of bacteria where they grow and breed, especially if the water settles at the bottom of the machine. It will create a great “moisty” environment for them to grow. Your toilet seat, in another hand, is too dry to provide such an environment for the bacteria.

How to clean it: Wash your machine with bleach at least once a month, or you can just wash your white clothes with it and that will clean it all. In order to avoid the bacteria to spread, you can wash your underwear with hot water separately.

#4 – Your phone and tablet

Back in 2013, some researchers from England conducted a study where they swabbed 30 phones, 30 tablets, and a toilet seat of an office.

The phones had more than 140 units of Staphylococcus (responsible for severe stomach sickness), the tablets had more than 600 units, and the toilet seat had only 20 units. Also, if you use your phone while in the bathroom, then it is definitely holding more bacteria than that.

How to clean it: By cleaning your devices’ screens, you will be able to reduce exposure to those bacteria. You can clean them with a soft cloth, a damp or screen wipes. Don’t take them inside your bathroom.

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#5 – Your carpet

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Do you want to know something funny? Well, the bacteria’s favorite hobby is to munch on dead skin cells.

The average person sheds more than 1.5 million in each hour, which makes your carpets a great open “buffet” when you add pollen, pet dander, food particles, and other bits over it. The amount of bacteria living in your rug is 700 times more than your toilet seat.