Thursday 13 June 2013

Only 5 Percent Of People Wash Their Hands Correctly

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A recent study from Michigan State University shows that many people do not wash their hands when the behavior in which they engage would warrant it. Researchers sneakily observed 3,749 people in public restrooms and found that nearly all of them - 95% - didn't wash their hands long enough to kill germs.

Even scarier, 15 percent of men and 7 percent of women did not wash their hands at all. When they did bother to turn on a faucet, half of men and 22 percent of women neglected to use soap. Or, as the researchers describe it: They attempted to wash their hands, but failed.

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