Research Check: can tea towels cause food poisoning?
- Written by Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
Let your tea towel dry out after each use to reduce its bacterial load.Shutterstock/antoniodiaz
Aside from being up to the task of drying our dishes, we don’t usually give the humble tea towel much thought. But this week it’s being blamed for causing food poisoning:
But there’s no cause for concern.
Yes, bacteria can accumulate on...
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