Re:More bad news about vacuum cleaners

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone concerned about their vacuum cleaner brush,

This piece is nothing to worry about. The petri dishes full of growth

are impressive but don't mean much. There are bacteria in all dust,

mostly from what we shed on skin scales and from what we bring in on

our feet.

Fifty percent of the dried weight of human excrement is dead and

living bacteria (from the intestines) and this is probably true for

dogs and cats.

If you wash your carpets and they stay wet too long, bacteria may grow, but

despite what the story implies, bacteria NEVER multiply unless they

are under truly wet conditions, a situation that would rarely if ever

exist on a vacuum brush. So all the bacteria on a brush are in the

carpet dust to begin with.

Nothing wrong with washing hands or vacuuming (with a HEPA filtered

vacuum). Taking shoes off is not a bad idea either. But the likelihood

of actually catching a cold or getting diarrhea from carpet dust (due

to virus or bacteria exposure)is miniscule compared to getting these

ilnesses directly from an infected individual or something the

individual touched.

May

May Indoor Air Investigations LLC

Tyngsborough, MA

www.mayindoorair.com

www.myhouseiskillingme.com

978-649-1055

> 3a. More bad news about vacuum cleaners

> Posted by: " barb1283 " barb1283@... barb1283

> Date: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:41 am ((PST))

>

> More information on the perils of vacuuming, but in the end they say

> not to stop vacuuming but have other suggestions. For me, I think

> eliminating things that need vacuuming. They didn't address 'spray' of

> fine particles out of vaccum but the brush roller spreads dirt not

> sucked into bad around house:

>

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27856020#27696499

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jeff. I might try to get used to changing my shoes some day

but frankly I like to leave them on so glad to hear this.

>

> Hello everyone concerned about their vacuum cleaner brush,

>

> This piece is nothing to worry about. The petri dishes full of

growth

> are impressive but don't mean much. There are bacteria in all

dust,

> mostly from what we shed on skin scales and from what we bring in

on

> our feet.

>

> Fifty percent of the dried weight of human excrement is dead and

> living bacteria (from the intestines) and this is probably true

for

> dogs and cats.

>

> If you wash your carpets and they stay wet too long, bacteria may

grow, but

> despite what the story implies, bacteria NEVER multiply unless

they

> are under truly wet conditions, a situation that would rarely if

ever

> exist on a vacuum brush. So all the bacteria on a brush are in the

> carpet dust to begin with.

>

> Nothing wrong with washing hands or vacuuming (with a HEPA

filtered

> vacuum). Taking shoes off is not a bad idea either. But the

likelihood

> of actually catching a cold or getting diarrhea from carpet dust

(due

> to virus or bacteria exposure)is miniscule compared to getting

these

> ilnesses directly from an infected individual or something the

> individual touched.

>

> May

> May Indoor Air Investigations LLC

> Tyngsborough, MA

> www.mayindoorair.com

> www.myhouseiskillingme.com

> 978-649-1055