This part of the bathroom is 70 times as dirty as the toilet

You thought the toilet in the bathroom was the most contaminated? You must have been wrong. Another spot is 70 times dirtier.

• The toilet is often considered the dirtiest place in the bathroom .
• In fact, it's another place that you should pay more attention to.
• It is 70 times as dirty as the toilet.

Bacteria and germs, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, are all over the house. They feel particularly comfortable in the bathroom, where the climate is humid and warm. But would you have thought that it is not the toilet, but another part of the bathroom that is the most contaminated? We're talking about the shower curtain.

This part of the bathroom is dirty by far than the toilet

The shower curtain is the dirtiest place in the bathroom *, according to a small study by the American consumer site safehome.org. There are over 16 million CFUs (colony-forming units of living microorganisms) on it - on the other hand, only around 230,000 CFUs. That means the shower curtain is almost 70 times as dirty as the toilet . There are also many more germs on the shower cubicle floor with over 15 million CFUs. More than 12 million CFUs abound on the handle of a toothbrush.

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That's why the shower is so dirty

The shower creates the most moisture and heat in the bathroom - the perfect environment for germs. There are also personal showering habits. As the consumer portal found in a survey of 500 participants, the majority (over 70 percent) urinates in the shower, brushes their teeth (a third) or shaves there (65 percent) .

With regard to the number of germs in the most varied places in the bathroom, it is interesting to note that for the study only samples from three bathrooms were taken in private households . So the numbers cannot be considered representative. Still, it's good to know that the bacteria may not be in the most obvious place, and you should probably keep a close eye on your shower curtain. You can find out how to keep it clean here.

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