And I'm not just talking about the crusty crap from last night's Hamburger Helper!
Fungal Biology (which is apparently the shit in fungus-related medical journals) has done another study for me to worry about weird, dumb stuff that may or may not happen to me but that I will most likely Google until my little fingers are numb. Man! This is why I had to stop watching Dateline! Shit almost ruined my relationship!
The study says that, "...after collecting microbial samples from 189 dishwashers in 18 countries, including Australia, South Africa, China and Slovenia. Scientists were stunned to discover that 62 percent of the dishwashers tested positive for fungi. And 56 percent had a fungal species known as Exophiala, a kind of black yeast that looks like black slime. [They] were surprised to find some fungi that are extremely rare in nature but had really high numbers in dishwashers." STFU! So, I should prob murder my dishwasher with a sledge hammer before it murders me or what? Only other option is to wash that shit by hand, and that would cut substantially into my reality television watching...
They go on to say that, "[The fungi] make people sick only in circumstances where their immune system is highly affected such as persons who have received an organ transplant, bone marrow transplant or have a congenital disease affecting the immune system like cystic fibrosis. These individuals are given special instructions by their health-care provider on how to minimize their exposure to common organisms like these fungi."
Oh, so I don't have to kick the crap outta my dirty ass dishwasher!
Good to know.
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