Posted by poop (Ranked on Worms 2 Demo Version Ladder) on December 07, 2006 at 13:59:17:
"Each year in the United States, an estimated 76 million persons contract foodborn illnesses." More than 300,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 Americans die each year from foodborn illness. The cumulative costs are estimated to be as much as 17 billion dollars. Nearly 80 percent of the illness is due to food prepared in comercial or institutional environments. Washing your hands is the best way to stop germs from spreading. Think about all of the things that you touched today - from the telephone to the toilet. Whatever you did today, you came into contact with germs. It's easy fro a germ on your hand to end up in your mouth. You can't wear rubber gloves all day long, but you can wash your hands so those germs don't get a chance to make you or someone else sick. When germs go down the drain, they can't make anyone sick.