• The 11 germ-infested items you miss when house cleaning

Germ-infested items you need to clean

You may be a neat freak and keep your home super tidy but it is likely you may be missing some important areas that contain lots of germs and bacteria. Keep your family and friends safe by knowing which areas of the house need extra attention, but are continually forgotten.

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Jun 20, 2012

The 11 germ-infested items you miss when house cleaning

Get rid of bad bacteria and viruses in your home by cleaning these germ-infested areas that are commonly missed.

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  1. MeM03:35pm Thursday 21st June 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    I take it back about the remote, I missed it but yes they even painted it as death device.

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  2. MeM03:32pm Thursday 21st June 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    What a load of rubbish. The only credible item is the door and handle to the toilet. It should be wiped often as regardless of how clean we are, some people don't was properly. And why the law does not DEMAND push open outward opening doors on public restrooms is beyond me. Those handles must be the worst of the worst regardless of if you did or did not wash. Back to this story, its proven that over the top hygiene is bad. Rather than cleaning keyboards wash your hands. I wonder how they missed the TV remote control.

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  3. Belita03:08pm Thursday 21st June 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    When I look at the set of ads in the main page, this add reads: "Get rid of bad bacteria and viruses in your home by cleaning these germ-filled areas that are commonly missed." --- I thought we couldn't get rid of viruses... Some antibiotics kill bacteria, but everytime I have a virus my doctor never prescribes anything and says we will have to wait and see if the virus goes away... Please let us know how a cleaning product kills virus as I would like to become very rich.

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  4. Errol T09:17am Thursday 21st June 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    This sort of garbage is driven by the makers and floggers of domestic cleaning stuff. Just think of the number of things your hands touch between finishing the paperwork and washing your hands after using the toilet; from adjusting your clothes, to lifting or lowering the seat, to flushing, to turning off the light, to opening the door, etc,etc. Bacteria everwhere, yet we do not have widespread bacteria-carried epidemics of dreadful diseases, as these articles would like you to believe if you don't use their products and have your entire life "99.99% germ free. GARBAGE!

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  5. Honest Mike07:42am Thursday 21st June 2012 ESTReport Abuse

    @ Kid slug - Ha ha! There IS another duty you can add to her list: teach her fella how to spell, write and punctuate basic English.

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