Bacteria Found In Half Of all Fast-Food Soda Machines
By Linda on Jan 11, 2010 in Infections | comments(0)
Linda’s comments: To begin with I stopped drinking from fountains like this years ago. I do my best to drink beverages from glass bottles. Not always easy, but I do my best. This is news that should be shared with all your families, friends, colleagues, schools, etc., etc., etc. What is scary is knowing that you can be infected with “fecal” material. Read the article below carefully, as there are several bacteria’s, which can be deadly to a person with a chronic illness. Also think about our children. I would print this out and show your children. They need to know how dangerous soda fountains can be to them. Sometimes that is all it takes to get them to listen up, especially if they know they could be drinking fecal material…it is worth the shot….
Full article:
Bacteria Found In Nearly Half Of Fast-Food Soda Fountains
Excerpt:
A group of microbiologists at Virginia’s Hollins University found alarming levels of bacteria, possibly from feces, in fast-food soda fountains.
A scary 48 percent of machine beverages tested contained coliform bacteria – which can originate in fecal matter, the International Journal of Food Microbiology study showed. Even more worrying: Most of the bacteria identified were resistant to antibiotics.
