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This is the first study that seriously looks at the microbial state of beauty-blending products inside of an average consumers cosmetic bag. Scientists of Aston University found life-threatening contamination including E.coli and salmonella lurking in nine out of ten makeup bags. The recent research was originally published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology on December…
As hard as we try to sanitize and disinfect everything in our home, our little ragamuffins always seem to catch some type of germy flu or nasty infection. “Often times our perspective of dirty places is very different than where our children actually spend their time,” said Billy Kutivan, founding member of Protekt Worldwide, “Children…
Did you just say that probiotics can prevent or reduce symptoms of the common cold (URTIs)? We are not making that claim, the scientists and our customers are! Call it what you may, influenza virus, rhinovirus, nasal inflammation, they are all upper respiratory tract infections. Research study after research studies (links below) are raving about…
Did you know that smells, especially body odor is caused by bacteria residue and not by the actual bacteria itself. B.O. (Bromhidrosis osmidrosis) or body odor is a result of specific acids left behind by bacteria that live on your skin. Often times personal conditions increase body odors such as diabetes, puberty, obesity, the consumption…
With the recent global viral pandemic at hand, washing hands has become a big deal in beating the spread of the Covid19 threat. The NSF (National Science Foundation) has recently began a hand washing awareness campaign specifically aimed at children. NSF microbiologists set out to local schools, grocery stores and other public places to collect…
Bugs (probiotics) Are Fighting Back In The World Of Oncology First, lets establish what a microbiome is since it is a key term used in this article. The microbiome is a colony of microbes (bugs) which include bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live inside and on the outside of every human being (not bugs).…
From coins and cash to credit and debit cards, just how dirty is our money? When you think about all the places your cash and cards have been and all the people who’ve touched them, you’ll quickly realize that our money is a transport vessel for all things infectious. To find out truly how…
Doctors’ standings on micro flora (microbial ecosystem) damage from over-washing hands and surfaces. Washing our hands without replenishing the good micro flora on our body can result in our skin being vulnerable to pathogenic infections. It’s just basic microbiology. There are good micro-organisms and bad micro-organisms and, we need them both to have a balanced…
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die, all of food-borne diseases. Germs is the common term which refers to bacteria and viruses. Germs can live on every surface and therefore it can also…
Only 1 out of 3 people clean their car interiors once a year. That leaves 66% of the car driving population with dirty car interiors. How many of those cars actually cleaned are truly clean, like disinfected clean? That’s a pretty sad statistic for something we spend so much time in, second to our home…