TONIGHT WATER SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR MOST PROPERTIES.
KNOW A STORY YOU WILL ONLY SEE
HERE, YOU LIKELY WON’T TOUCH, OR
PUSH THEM THE SAME WAY EVER
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >> HUH SO.
>> THINK ABOUT HOW MANY
DIFFERENT DIRTY HANDS TOUCH A
SHOPPING CART HANDLE EVERY DAY.
JUST HOW MUCH EXIST.
>> TONIGHT WE HAVE THE NUMBERS
THAT SURPRISED THE SIGN TYES.
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INVESTIGATOR.
INVESTIGATOR. >> DID YOU GRAB A WIPE.
>> I DID NOT.
>> NOT TODAY, NO.
>> YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT AT ALL?
>> .
>> . >> NO KNOW DON’T.
>> NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
>> NO.
>> NO. >> YOU MIGHT WANT TO.
I MEAN THIS NOT ONLY LANDS ON A
SHOPPING CART, BUT USES IT AS A
TOILET.
TOILET. NFL, THERE WERE BIRDS ON CARTS
ALL OVER THE PLACE, AT THE SAME
STORE A MOTHER PUTS HER CHILD IN
A SEAT, WE SAW THAT CHILD EAT
APPLE SLICES DIRECT CONTACT.
WITH HEAR MOUTH, WE STOOD IN
FRONT OF A PUBLICS AND SIMPLY
WATCHED.
WATCHED. 22 PEOPLE, WALKS RIGHT BY, THE
FREE SANITIZING WIPES PROVIDED
AT THE DOOR, ONLY SIX GRABBED
ONE.
ONE. >> THIS WOMAN PUTS HER CHILD
INTO A CART, AND WALKS BY THOSE
WIPES AS WELL.
DID YOU SANITIZE THE CART.
>> I DID NOT.
>> EVER THINK ABOUT IT.
>> I DO, BUT TODAY I WAS LIKE
RUNNING IN AND OUT.
>> FROM DAVEY TO CORRAL SPRINGS
DOWN TO WEST CHESTER WE WENT.
TO TEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
AROUND SOUTHED FLORIDA.
AND USING SPECIAL KITS PROVIDED
BY LABS WE CAREFULLY SWABBED THE
HANDLES YOU GRABBED, TOUCH,
PUSH.
PUSH. >> I THINK THE SHEER NUMBERS
WERE SURPRISED.
WERE SURPRISED. >> SEVEN OF THE TEN SAMPLES HAD
VERY HIGH LEVELS OF BACTERIA.
SEVEN WERE OFF THE CHARTS.
THE BACTERIA COUNTS IN THE
BILLIONS.
BILLIONS. >> IT IS SCARY.
>> YES IT IS.
>> WE GENERALLY DON’T SEE THIS
HIGH OF A ACCOUNT.
>> THAT’S A LOT OF BACK TERGA.
>> HE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE, AT NOVA
SOUTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY.
>> THAT’S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF
SICK CHILDREN.
SICK CHILDREN. >> SAMPLE TWO, SAMPLE THREE,
277.6 BILLION COUNTS.
YOU WOULD EXPECT THERE TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRANSFER
FROM THE HAND TOLL THE HAND.
>> AS SURPRISING AS THOSE
NUMBERS MAY BE, THE MOST EYE
OPENING RESULT MAY BE SAMPLE 11.
WE TOOK A CART, WIPED DOWN THE
HAND WITH THE WIPE PROVIDED AT
THE DOOR.
THE DOOR. I THINK WHAT STOOD OUT IS HOW
EFFECTIVE WIPING DOWN YOUR
HANDLE WAS.
HANDLE WAS. >> THE THREE SAMPLES OFF THE
CHARTS TO HAVE SOMETHING IN
COMMON.
COMMON. THOSE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON A
SUNDAY EVENING AFTER A VERY VERY
BUSY SHOPPING WEEKEND.
IS OTHERS ON A MONDAY MORNING.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON WHO GRABBED
THESE WIPED THE HANDLE.
AND THIS MAN WAS STATUTING FOOD
AT THE DELI.
TOUCHING HIS MOUTH, SEVERAL
TIMES.
TIMES. >> THERE’S REALLY NO ONE STORY
THAT WILL BE WORSE THAN ANOTHER.
>> I WILL DEFINITELY WIPE THE
HANDLE OF THE CART.
>> WORDS FROM A SCIENTIST, WHO
ADMITS HE TOO WOULD WALK BY
THESE WIPES.
THESE WIPES. BUT NOVEMBER AFTER OUR RESULTS.
>> YES, I AM CONVINCED AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. >> LOCAL 10 NEWS.
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