Imagining taking shower could contain more bacteria then walking out on New York City’s subway station is scary then anything else. A study done by group of people headed by Dr. Norman R. Pace of University of Colorado finds that the water is morning shower contain about 15 different types of bacteria. The good news is that not all of these bacteria are harmful to humans. But these bacteria are closely related to bacteria that cause severe diseases like lifeguard’s lung, hot tub lung and Lady Windermere’s syndrome. Water could be also contaminated by Mycobacterium avium, cause tuberculosis. Mycobacterium avium is common problem in municipal water supplies, because cities use chlorine to kill bacteria in water but it does not kill Mycobacterium avium. the group also tested New York City’s subway station air. And the results were different then other tests. The subway station air have less bacteria in the air because pressure from the trail movement cause the outdoor air to move into the tunnel.
Author’s response:
I believe the reason author wrote this article is to let people know that how dangerous shower mist you inhale could be.
Personal response:
The reason I chose this article is that when I first saw this article I could not believe there could be so many bacteria in shower water. I guess it does not matter if the color of water looks clear or not. We here people saying wash your hand or use hand sanitizer, but if water we use to wash our body is not germ free then what is the point of taking shower if we just added few more bacteria on our body by taking shower. And defiantly cannot use hand sanitizer all over our body after every time we take shower. I guess no matter how much we try to sanitize ourselves we’ll never be germ-free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/health/15shower.html
Friday, February 26, 2010
Bathing, but Not Alone
Posted by Karple at 11:13 AM
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Gives a whole new meaning to the thought of "cleaning up" doesn't it? I'm afraid that we would find bacteria everywhere we didn't want them if we looked.
However, I also think that if there were no bacteria, especially in small amounts, that our bodies would have weaker immunities to them. By taking small amounts of these bacteria into our systems, I believe it helps to build our immunities and therefore keep us healthier. But hey...that's just my opinion. I'm making this up as I go along!
Oh this is an unsettling thought. I suppose it's impossible for there to be no bacteria in our water...the problem is what types of bacteria are getting in there. If we can't keep out one mild one how do we know we're keeping out the really dangerous ones?
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