{"id":2423,"date":"2025-04-14T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/cuddly-toys-have-more-germs-than-toilet-seat\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:07:09","slug":"cuddly-toys-have-more-germs-than-toilet-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/cuddly-toys-have-more-germs-than-toilet-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuddly toys have more germs than toilet seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-04-14 16:07:08<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Cuddly toys harbour more germs than the average toilet seat.<BR><br \/>\nAccording to a new study from MattressNextDay, well-loved toys such as teddy bears have twice as many microbes as a toilet seat, with dangerous germs such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli being found on the soft toys.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Snieguole Geige said: \u201cThe reality I point out here is that we&#8217;re not just dealing with dirt, We&#8217;re dealing with hidden health hazards that pose a real risk, especially in homes with young children or individuals with compromised immune systems.\u00a0<BR><br \/>\n\u201cCleaning these items should be a priority to safeguard health and well-being.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nThe study saw researchers take swab samples from seven different spots across a blanket, children\u2019s teddy bears, a bin and a toilet seat, with the swabs then being passed through an ATP bioluminescence test to measure how much adnosine triphosphate &#8211; a molecule found in and around living cells &#8211; was present.<BR><br \/>\nThe results showed 43 per cent of the blankets and 29 per cent of the teddy bears had over 1,000 units of adnosine triphosphate &#8211; indicating dangerously high levels of contamination.<BR><br \/>\nMeanwhile, the toilet seat had a reading of 864 units, and the bin had 294.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Giege warned parents should regularly wash their children\u2019s blankets and cuddly toys in order to avoid infection.<BR><br \/>\nShe said:\u201dI cannot overstate the hidden dangers of neglecting to wash blankets and teddy bears.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cThese seemingly innocent items are perfect breeding grounds for bacteria, fungi, and allergens.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-04-14 16:07:08 Cuddly toys harbour more germs than the average toilet seat. According to a new study from MattressNextDay, well-loved toys such as teddy bears have twice as many microbes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}