Shopping Carts

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Shopping Carts
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• Shopping carts are considered one of the most
  important tools for shopping in supermarkets. It
  helps you buy all your household, including your
  personal supplies, and to transfer those
  purchases throughout the store and car parking
  space.

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• But do you have any idea about the dangers of
  shopping carts?!

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• A study conducted in South Korea showed
  unexpected results about the public tools that
  cause contamination and transfer of bacteria. The
  study, conducted by the Korean Consumer
  Protection Board, found that handles of shopping
  carts in stores are the most polluted with
  bacteria among the objects that are frequently
  traded among people, and handles of public
  toilets are not as bad as expected.

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• Studies that have been conducted proved that
  there are 1 million germs on just one shopping
  cart handle.

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• Researchers stress that shopping carts handles
  are one of the most contaminated public surfaces,
  even dirtier than most public restrooms. The
  reason? Public restrooms are cleaned and
  disinfected regularly, but shopping carts are
  not. In fact, most stores clean their shopping
  carts only a couple of times each year.
• Many consumers dont realize the degree to which
  shopping carts have been exposed to bacteria and
  germs via sources such as meat or poultry,
  children while sitting in the carts and other
  consumers illnesses.

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• Did you know that shopping cart handles can
  harbor ten times more germs than almost anything
  else you touch during the day? Swabs taken from
  shopping cart handles have shown germs, viruses,
  bacteria and body fluids on these plastic
  handles.

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• In the meantime, with everyone touching the cart
  handles and babies being put into the seats, the
  typical shopping cart is continuously being
  contaminated and accumulating a startling range
  of germs and viruses.

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• To protect your self and baby from getting germs
• Wash your hands upon completion of shopping,
  especially your childs hand if he was put on the
  chair of shopping cart.
• Use anti-bacterial wipes to clean and disinfect
  the carts handles.

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• Greetings from,
• Health Control Section
• Public Health and Safety Department