Flesh eating bacteria, ebola, and what else you can catch from a dirty toilet
09 June 2015 - 13:14
Q: What diseases can you really get from toilet seats? A: People really do fear toilet seats. One 1991 British survey of 528 women at an OB/GYN clinic found that 85 percent said they crouched over public toilets while urinating, and 12 percent papered the seat. Only 2 percent sat all the way down.But what diseases can you really get?In theory, lots.
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