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Who's Behind the Shower Curtain?

Posted by simoniker on from the psycho dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "No, it's not Norman Bates. Instead, hundreds of millions of yellow, pink and white bacteria are hiding on your shower curtain. According to a study by San Diego and Colorado researchers, it should be enough to push you to turn the water off and to make you grab a towel. After analyzing the vinyl shower curtains from their own bathrooms, the scientists found '...about 80 percent of the organisms they found in the flaky scum were in the same genetic families as those known to infect wounds'. Sorry to leave you here, but I also have to go and buy another shower curtain, preferably a disposable one."

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  1. Re:Bleach doesn't bioaccumulate by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's why he does it EVERY WEEK OR SO. Clue? Got one?

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  2. Re:my cat licks my shower by cmorriss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cats lick all the dirt off their entire body, including the dingle berries left on their ass after they poop. You might want to start there if you're looking for a cause.

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  3. Or cloth. by jonskerr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I got a 100% cotton shower curtain at Target; when it gets stinky I just throw it in the washing machine, snaps back wash after wash.

    Oh, and "EEEWWWWW! The Sky is falling! The bacteria are swarming all over me!" Wah wah wah. Roll around in it a bit, you wussies! Jeez people are wimps nowadays.

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