Rubber Bath Toys Bacteria

Bath toys are a health hazard with four in five of them awash with harmful bugs.

Rubber bath toys bacteria.

Caaocho ocean natural rubber non toxic bath toys are made of 100 pure natural rubber and they are certified non toxic. 12 33 pm pdt march 28 2018 deborah hastings. According to the american and swiss researchers pretty much all of them that are designed like the squeezable squirtable rubber ducky. They use food grade paint which is also safe.

The swiss and american researchers tested 19 different bath toys and all of them revealed notable biofilms or a thin coating of bacteria on its inner surface. Bath toys can harvest bacteria and lead to infections. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our. A study that tested 19 different bath toys found that the murky water released by rubber ducks can contain potentially pathogenic bacteria that can cause eye ear and stomach infections.

Read more at goodhousekeeping co uk institute. Here s how to clean rubber ducks and other toys. Scientists claim the likes of plastic ducks are breeding grounds for bacteria and fungi which form slimy films. Their hermetically sealed design no holes prevents the accumulation of bacteria mould and dirt.

Bern switzerland scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky. Bath animals microbiologist and lead study author lisa neu told the associated press about the other types of bath toys like rubber. Rubber ducks can breed bacteria according to new study. Rubber duck bacteria 01 03.

The study by the swiss federal institute of aquatic science and. A study published tuesday in the journal n p j. Rubber ducky bath toys contain bacteria and mold study finds.