How Many Germs Are Hiding Out in Your Water Bottle?
How Many Germs Are Hiding Out in Your Water Bottle?

Depending on how often you clean your reusable water bottle, it can harbor over 900,000 CFUs per square centimeter. What’s a CFU? It’s a colony forming unit, meaning it’s living bacteria that’s ready to multiply under the right conditions. Here’s a point of comparison: Are you a pet owner? That’s almost 20 times as many germs found on your furry friend’s water bowl! Would you drink from that?

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Kevin would have turned 21 this month...
Kevin would have turned 21 this month...

Barb Kowalcyk, my friend, colleague and scientist, lost her son, Kevin, to a foodborne illness, then dedicated her life to preventing others from the same fate.

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