{"id":609,"date":"2023-09-17T19:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/?p=609"},"modified":"2024-06-09T02:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T02:14:45","slug":"is-it-safe-to-sit-on-a-public-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honeyrand.com\/staging\/3053\/2023\/09\/17\/is-it-safe-to-sit-on-a-public-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to sit on a public toilet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Catching up on casual reading this am and came across this article in Real Simple, September issue. Is it OK to sit on a public toilet? Most people say absolutely not, but epidemiologist say, go ahead, a public toilet isn\u2019t the dirtiest thing in your (potential) life. The takeaway: \u201cThe risk of the seat harboring bad bugs that could cause illness or infection is essentially zero.\u201d WHOA. When water managers talk about recycling \u201cpurified\u201d water, wastewater that has been treated then re-treated as drinking water, there is usually a chorus of YUCK. We call it the \u201cyuck factor.\u201d The reaction is visceral even though the water fine. Experts telling people that the water is fine is as effective as the epidemiologist telling us, \u201chave a seat.\u201d I\u2019m good with the water, but thank you, in a public place, I\u2019ll stand while I drink it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/minor-issues-major-opinions-podcast-s1-ep3-is-it-okay-to-sit-on-public-toilets-michelle-buteau-7554208\">https:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/minor-issues-major-opinions-podcast-s1-ep3-is-it-okay-to-sit-on-public-toilets-michelle-buteau-7554208<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching up on casual reading this am and came across this article in Real Simple, September issue. Is it OK to sit on a public toilet? Most people say absolutely not, but epidemiologist say, go ahead, a public toilet isn\u2019t the dirtiest thing in your (potential) life. 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