Next time you play Call of Duty, you better wash your hands afterwards. And garden trampolines are effectively a bouncy biohazard...
Some research published today suggests that one of the cleanest places in your house might be the jacks. Then again, as the research was conducted by Domestos, with some help from UNICEF, they would say that wouldn’t they.
The research, which is reported on in today’s Metro, reveals that the humble games controller has five times more germs on it than the average toilet. Other surprisingly germ-filled things knocking around your house are sofa arms, which have almost three times as many germs on them as the controller, while the handle of your fridge is equally germ-filled as the controller.
However, the worst offender by a long way is the garden trampoline. The research found that they can have bacterial levels of 640,000 per 100cm squared. The toilet has 1,600.
Maybe this picture offers some explanation of that phenomenon.
Now, go wash your hands...
