The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 10, March 6, 2005, Article 23

FILTHY LUCRE

David Menchell writes: "Taken from a personal help newsletter
I receive called Bottom Line Personal is this mention of an item
Included in a book entitled "100 Most Dangerous Things in
Everyday Life and What You Can Do About Them" by
researcher Laura Lee of Rochester, Michigan.

"Researchers from the Medical Center at Wright Patterson
Air Force Base in Ohio found that 87% of dollar bills in
circulation carry bacteria, including strains that cause sore
throats, urinary tract infections and food poisoning. There's
no way to tell how many people get sick from handling
money-people rarely know where they picked up a germ
when they get ill-but this evidence suggests that money is
an often overlooked culprit.

Self-defense: Wash your hands frequently when you handle
cash. To be ultrasafe, adopt a strategy used by a Chinese
bank during the SARS epidemic. When you receive money,
put it in a safe place, wash your hands, and don't touch it
again for at least 24 hours. This should be long enough for
most germs to die."

Any other reports of health risks associated with handling
money? I believe that coins are safer due to the
electrochemical properties of metals inhibiting bacterial
growth, but maybe other readers may have more information."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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