Washing machines are dangerous for health!

Many of us when referring wash or a washing machine having the association with the purity and sterility. In fact, the washing machine may be a source of infections and viruses are very hazardous to health.

Recently fashion includes washing at low temperatures. Manufacturers of detergents, advertising their products, particularly the possibility of overlap wash 15C instead of 40C. The idea is to help save energy, and hence to reduce family expenses. The lower the power, the better for wildlife.

Alas, in this case, saving money leads to savings on their health, which ultimately may result in much more significant costs. How do I find researchers from Germany, the average drum washer   It contains up to 100 million bacteria E.coli! Scientists believe that washing at 15C does not guarantee their destruction. In other words, it looks absolutely clean linen will be infected with the potentially very dangerous bacteria.

"The fact that we confuse the two types of purity, - says Professor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Sally Bloomfield. - There is a purity of visual, that is seemingly clean sheets on which there is not one speck. And there is purity hygiene at which the laundry remains of bacteria and germs. This is what we should strive. "

In the same study, researchers found in the garments of simple family traces Staph bacteria That can cause pneumonia, or urinary tract infection. You can beat them with absolute assurance is only one way - do your laundry at temperatures below 40C.

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