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警惕！烘手器其实在喷细菌

Researchers at the University of Connecticut began their study by placing petri dishes under various bathroom hand dryers around the school. Then, the team sat down to analyse the results.

康涅狄格大学的研究人员在学校多个卫生间的烘手器下方放置了培养皿，然后对结果进行分析。

While the plates that were exposed to normal bathroom air had about one bacterial colony present, the samples that were exposed to 30 seconds of hand dryer air had 18 to 60 bacterial colonies per plate.

暴露在普通卫生间空气中的培养皿里有1个菌落，而在烘手器吹出的风中待30秒的培养皿里则有18-60个菌落。

The researchers concluded that "many kinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be deposited on hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers."

研究人员得出结论称“烘手器会将多种细菌吹到人们手上，包括潜在的病原体和芽孢。”

"The more air ya move? The more bacteria stick," lead author Peter Setlow explained to Business Insider.

研究报告的主要作者彼得-塞特洛对商业内幕网说：“吹的风越多，沾在手上的细菌也越多。”

"And there are a lot of bacteria in bathrooms."

“卫生间里有很多细菌。”

The results are so yuck that Setlow himself has officially sworn off hand dryers. And now, the University of Connecticut offers paper towels as a hand dryer alternative.