Shockingly dirty: this everyday thing is dirtier than your toilet seat (bursting with bacteria)
The toilet seat: often cleaner than you would expect
The toilet seat has a bad reputation, but that is not entirely justified. Precisely because many people find it dirty, it is cleaned relatively often. At home, in the office, and in public restrooms, this happens more frequently than with many other surfaces. As a result, there are often fewer bacteria on a toilet seat than you might think.
The car steering wheel: is one of the dirtiest surfaces
You sit behind the wheel every day, often with hands that haven’t been freshly washed. You snack in the car, pick up your phone, sneeze or cough, and then grab the wheel again. But cleaning? That rarely happens. Studies show that a car steering wheel often carries far more bacteria than a toilet seat.
Keyboards: real bacteria magnets
At home and in the office, keyboards are true breeding grounds for bacteria. You eat over them, your hands aren’t always clean, and cleaning often gets neglected. Shared keyboards, in particular, can harbor more bacteria than a toilet seat.
Smartphones: taken everywhere, rarely truly clean
Your smartphone goes everywhere with you: to the toilet, on public transport, to the gym, and then back against your face. Because phones are almost never thoroughly cleaned, they often contain a lot of bacteria, sometimes even more than toilet surfaces.
The toilet door handle: a source of filth at home and in public.
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