Rubber Bath Toys Bacteria

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Rubber bath toys bacteria. A study that tested 19 different bath toys found that the murky water released by rubber ducks can contain potentially pathogenic bacteria that can cause eye ear and stomach infections. A study published tuesday in the journal n p j. Rubber duck bacteria 01 03. Read more at goodhousekeeping co uk institute.

Those cute yellow bath time toys are as some parents have long suspected a haven for nasty bugs. Rubber ducky bath toys contain bacteria and mold study finds. The swiss and american researchers tested 19 different bath toys and all of them revealed notable biofilms or a thin coating of bacteria on its inner surface. The study by the swiss federal institute of aquatic science and.

This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our. Their hermetically sealed design no holes prevents the accumulation of bacteria mould and dirt. Bath toys are a health hazard with four in five of them awash with harmful bugs. Biofilms and microbiomes says the insides of bath toys such as rubber duckies are a breeding ground for bacteria.

Rubber ducks used as bath time toys are a haven for bacteria that could spread diseases swiss and american researchers have found. Bern switzerland scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky. They use food grade paint which is also safe. Rubber ducks can breed bacteria according to new study.

Bath toys can harvest bacteria and lead to infections. Caaocho ocean natural rubber non toxic bath toys are made of 100 pure natural rubber and they are certified non toxic. 12 33 pm pdt march 28 2018 deborah hastings.