From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 11:57:30 MST
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Sasha Chislenko wrote:
> I wonder how much dirt and bacteria is carried around on
> currency. People sterilize gloves but touche greasy coins
> and bills that passed through hundreds of hands.
>
> Would it make sense to wash the coins and exchange bills more often?
Yes, currency is a major carrier of certain germs. Most health codes
will not allow food preparers to handle money and then handle food
without washing their hands in between; that's why the guy making your
sandwich at the deli will often call the manager to take your money.
Washing the currency won't do much--it's the currency you get in your
change that matters and by the time you get home to wash it it's already
done its dirty work. The more prudent course is just to make sure you
wash your hands in between handling money and eating or cooking.
One thing even worse than currency that some of us have to deal with:
poker chips.
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