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Toilet Etiquette Not In US Men’s ArsenalTHE gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stake-out by the US "hand-washing police". A third of men did not wash after using the toilet, compared with 12 per cent of women, said researchers who spy on people in US public toilets. Two years ago, the last time the survey was done, only a quarter of men did not wash, compared with 10 per cent of women. "Guys need to step up to the sink," said Brian Sansoni, spokesman for the Soap and Detergent Association, which co-sponsored the survey. The study is based on observations last month of more than 6000 people in four big American cities. Frequent hand washing is the single best thing people can do to avoid getting sick, from colds and the flu to germs lurking in food, doctors say. A recent Harris Interactive survey found 92 per cent of Americans said they usually or always washed after using the toilet. Researchers for the American Society for Microbiology found that only 77 per cent do, when it comes to public toilets. This is a 6 per cent decline from 2005. Telephone surveys by Harris Interactive showed little shift in attitudes over previous polls in 2003 and 2005. Almost three-quarters of Americans said they always washed after changing a nappy, 78 per cent said they did after handling or eating food, 42 per cent after petting a dog or cat, 25 per cent after handling money, and 34 per cent after coughing or sneezing. AP http://www.icaac.org http://www.washup.org Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationMI6 killed ex-spy, says top suspect...A Dead Man Has Some Explaining to Do... Party rebel Simba Makoni dares to stand against Robert Mugabe in the name of the... Lazare Ponticelli, France’s Last Veteran of World War I, Is Dead at 110... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Toilet Etiquette Not In US Men’s Arsenal |
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