StudyFinds.org recently published the article titled, “Handwashing is clogging up sinks with nasty disease-causing bacteria.”
Research from the University of Reading in the U.K. confirms that “bacteria can stay alive and grow in the pipes beneath sinks after people wash them off. The problem may be worse than ever, as surveys find some people are washing 15 times a day during COVID.”
This is yet another example of how the fear and anxiety lockdown advice from government health advisors reacting to the spread of COVID-19 has been causing more health issues than the virus itself.
Lead author and doctoral student Zoe Withey said,
“The bacteria that live in our sink drains are shaped by what we are directly putting down them… While we expected that bacteria from the gut would have a greater impact, caused by the wider environment of a bathroom, it seems that by and large the bacteria living on the skin of our hands are feeding the community in the drains beneath sinks.”
The study found that pipes provide an ideal environment for bacteria to grow. They reported samples were taken from 123 sinks in “non-clinical” settings, such as toilets and bathrooms in social and teaching areas.
Looking at the plumbing beneath the sinks, the team discovered microbe communities dominated by a group of bacteria called Proteobacteria, which include a breed of germs such as disease-causing strains like Salmonella and E. coli.
One of the researchers suggested,
“It is possible to spread bacteria to the surrounding areas of your sink, where they can grow and persist. Reducing the transmission of bacteria requires thorough disinfection of the sinks and surrounding areas and not just getting your hands wet.”
TRENDPOST: As we reported on 9 April 2020, which was near the beginning of the COVID War, America’s fear-spreading, self-proclaimed “top infectious disease” expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, declared,
“I don’t think we should ever shake hands ever again, to be honest with you. Not only would it be good to prevent coronavirus disease – it probably would decrease instances of influenza dramatically in this country.”
The Trends Journal has been on top of the “excessive fear of germs” issue that people like Fauci and others keep spreading. In our 16 February article, “ANTIBIOTICS IN BABIES CAUSING MAJOR HEALTH CONCERNS,” we wrote:
The problem of overuse of antibiotics leading to dangerous antibiotic-resistant germs has been known for some time. In 2014, the WHO reported that “drug-resistant pneumonia is present in all six of the WHO global regions.”
In our 3 November article, “MASK MADNESS,” we pointed out how long-term mask-wearing worsens the wearer’s exposure to germs, as it causes a “Re-breathing of germs and viruses already in the body, raising the concentration in lungs and nasal passages.”
And, just last week, we showed how America’s #1 infectious disease expert had been promoting germ-o-phobia in our article, “SELLING FAUCI SANITIZER FRAUD.”
