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An average of only 1 in 6 people wash their hands after using the restroom.
After using the restroom, a single hand can have a population count of more than 200 million bacteria per square inch.
When you sneeze, germs can travel at 80 miles per hour across a room.
One microbe can grow to become more than 8 million germs in just one day.
A kitchen cutting board harbors 50 times more bacteria than your toilet seat.
The average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat.
Viruses can survive on common surfaces like faucet handles for up to 72 hours.
The majority of food-poisoning cases are acquired in the home.
The average child catches at least 8 colds in a year, and U.S. kids miss as many as 189 million school days each year due to colds.