Ladies Handbags - Dangers


  1. Posts : 4,549
    Windows 8 - 64-bit
       #1

    Ladies Handbags - Dangers


    OK Ladies be warned about , why so many people get sick from the bottoms of handbags.

    HANDBAGS... where have they been?


    -HANDBAGS

    Have you ever noticed girls who set their handbags on public toilet floors, then go directly to their dining tables and set it on the table? Happens a lot!
    It's not always the 'restaurant food' that causes stomach distress. Sometimes 'what you don't know will hurt you'!

    Read on.............
    Mom got so upset when guests came in the door and plopped their handbags down on the counter where she was cooking or setting up food. She always said that handbags are really dirty, because of where they have been.

    It's something just about every woman carries with them. While we may know what's inside our handbags, do you have any idea what's on the outside? Women carry handbags everywhere; from the office to public toilets to the floor of the car. Most women won't be caught without their handbags, but did you ever stop to think about where your handbag goes during the day.

    'I drive a school bus, so my handbag has been on the floor of the bus a lot,' says one woman. 'On! The floor of my car, and in toilets.'
    'I put my handbag in grocery shopping carts and on the floor of the toilet,' says another woman 'and of course in my home which should be clean.'

    We decided to find out if handbags harbour a lot of bacteria. We learned how to test them at Nelson Laboratories in Salt Lake , and then we set out to test the average woman's handbag.

    Most women told us they didn't stop to think about what was on the bottom of their handbag. Most said at home they usually set their handbags on top of kitchen tables and counters where food is prepared.
    Most of the ladies we talked to told us they wouldn't be surprised if their handbags were at least a little bit dirty.

    It turns out handbags are so surprisingly dirty, even the microbiologist who tested them was shocked.

    Microbiologist Amy Karen of Nelson Labs says nearly all of the handbags tested were not only high in bacteria, but high in harmful kinds of bacteria. Pseudomonas can cause eye infections, staphylococcus aurous can cause serious skin infections, and salmonella and e-coli found on the handbags could make people very sick.

    In one sampling, four of five handbags tested positive for salmonella, and that's not the worst of it. 'There is faecal contamination on the handbags' says Amy. Leather or vinyl handbags tended to be cleaner than cloth handbags, and lifestyle seemed to play a role. People with kids tended to have dirtier handbags than those without, with one exception.

    The handbag of one single woman who frequented nightclubs had one of the worst contaminations of all. 'Some type of faeces, or possibly vomit' says Amy.

    So the moral of this story is that your handbag won't kill you, but it does have the potential to make you very sick if you keep it on places where you eat. Use hooks to hang your handbag at home and in toilets, and don't put it on your desk, a restaurant table, or on your kitchen countertop.

    Experts say you should think of your handbag the same way you would a pair of shoes. 'If you think about putting a pair of shoes on your countertops, that's the same thing you're doing when you put your handbag on the countertops.'

    Your handbag has gone where individuals before you have walked, sat, sneezed, coughed, spat, urinated, emptied bowels, etc!

    Do you really want to bring that home with you?
    The microbiologists at Nelson also said cleaning a handbag will help. Wash cloth handbags and use leather cleaner to clean the bottom of leather handbags..

    THIS IS WORTH SHARING!!! PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR GRANDMOTHERS, MOMS, DAUGHTERS, GRANDDAUGHTERS AND GIRLFRIENDS !! !!
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #2

    My purse is far more dangerous if I give it a good swing. At 5-6 pounds, I could do some serious damage to someone if it ever connected with them.

    All seriousness aside, I avoid placing my purse on restroom floors as much as possible. If there isn't a hook on the stall door, I hang the leather boat anchor from the corner of the door. It hangs off my shoulder when I wash up afterwards. I also take an alcohol swab to it every so often.
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 4,549
    Windows 8 - 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I carry Baby wipes.. to use if I need them..
    NEVER set my bag on a bathroom floor..Do not set it on a dining table top.
    I have no idea how much my bag weighs.. but it is a killer if it should ever hit anyone, with my swift sling into anyone.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #4

    My work Handbag (more of a school satchel) is disgusting and I have to buy a new one about every 8 to 10 months and it lives in the boot of my car, it gets dumped on my office floor crammed full of paper work, chocolate bar wrappers , pens, and all sorts of rubbish from work :)
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 7,466
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
       #5

    Wow I am not going to carry my Wife's Purse again

    Thanks for the Heads up lol
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 5,956
    Win 7 Pro x64, Win 10 Pro x64, Linux Light x86
       #6

    Solarstarshines said:
    Wow I am not going to carry my Wife's Purse again

    Thanks for the Heads up lol
    ....
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #7

    Solarstarshines said:
    Wow I am not going to carry my Wife's Purse again

    Thanks for the Heads up lol
    Coward!
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 4,549
    Windows 8 - 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Solarstarshines said:
    Wow I am not going to carry my Wife's Purse again

    Thanks for the Heads up lol
    I agree with you, unless she reads this thread and agrees to follow the suggestions in it.
      My Computer


 

  Related Discussions
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

© Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:40.
Find Us