ATMs found to be as dirty as public toilets
A UK study found cash machines to contain more bacteria than some public toilets. But a medical specialist says, "Ninety-nine percent of transmission of bacteria that makes you sick is between human beings."
BioCote recently swapped surface areas on cash machines across England, later finding that ATMs keypads contained pseudomonads and bacillus, bacterias known to cause sickness and diarrhoea. Researchers swapped public toilets and found the same bacteria.
Dr. Richard Hastings, microbiologist for BioCote, told the Telegraph: "We were surprised by our results because the ATM machines were shown to be heavily contaminated with bacteria; to the same level as nearby public lavatories."
BioCote carried out the tests after they conducted a large survey of what Brits considered to be the dirtiest places. They ranked public toilets as number one, and cash machines ranked tenth.
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