Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Wash Your Hands in the Kitchen and the Bathroom The most dangerous antibiotic-resistant strains of E. coli are transmitted not through food but through contact with human feces. Share full article ...

The biggest difference between using a microwave at home and an office or shared space is that at home, you have much more ...

That’s fine, but wash your hands after using it. The average office pen has ten times the germs of the average office toilet seat, at about 200 bacteria per square inch, according to the Wall ...

More information: Pierrine Didier et al, Washing hands and risk of cross-contamination during chicken preparation among domestic practitioners in five European countries, Food Control (2021). DOI ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is it considered rude to wash your hands at a kitchen sink? The dish soap is available, the water is available, so what’s the problem? GENTLE READER: It is?

Indeed, in our study we found that 37% of people used the same towel for drying hands and equipment. It is essential to wash hands on occasions when they may be contaminated such as before, during ...

Rochester researchers on the growing concern of plastics exposure on human health.Plastic containers and utensils are staples ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is it considered rude to wash your hands at a kitchen sink? The dish soap is available, the water is available, so what’s the problem?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...