Two Seconds and You are Infected!

“Rule of five seconds” is so much about science as a rule, when you pass through the path of a black cat, you have terrible luck. Yet people still believe it works. This resulted from the U.S. survey, which took place before nine years ago. 56 percent of people in it are convinced that if fallen food raised from the ground within five seconds, it will not get any potentially dangerous bacteria.

True the confirmed number of practical experiments, probably happier eater, who is sorry poživeň just throw in the trash. Allegedly, it is quite irrelevant, as long as food vagabond on the earth. Of course, if you let it lie there for half an hour, the difference in what will be. However, it is between only a few seconds, one or two in addition possible contamination of food does not matter.

Boric guys from myth, experts on popular science, the testing of food from the floor came out that the 2 seconds it will stick around as much dirt as per 6 seconds. Therefore, even if it sounds cruel, rather the fallen piece of sandwich throw.

Time does not matter, so then what?How many bacterial athletes jump from one surface (floor) to another (sandwich) depends on several factors. Did you know that the wooden floor as quickly jump out of carpet? The difference is in whether you throw dry chips or a piece of greasy sausages. Wet food welcomes microscopic invaders with more open arms than this dry.