Rubber Bath Toys Bacteria

Rubber ducks can breed bacteria according to new study.

Rubber bath toys bacteria.

Rubber ducky bath toys contain bacteria and mold study finds. Bath animals microbiologist and lead study author lisa neu told the associated press about the other types of bath toys like rubber. Biofilms and microbiomes says the insides of bath toys such as rubber duckies are a breeding ground for bacteria. Bath toys are a health hazard with four in five of them awash with harmful bugs.

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Those cute yellow bath time toys are as some parents have long suspected a haven for nasty bugs. 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. Rubber ducks used as bath time toys are a haven for bacteria that could spread diseases swiss and american researchers have found. Their hermetically sealed design no holes prevents the accumulation of bacteria mould and dirt.

The study by the swiss federal institute of aquatic science and. Read more at goodhousekeeping co uk institute. Bern switzerland scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky. Caaocho ocean natural rubber non toxic bath toys are made of 100 pure natural rubber and they are certified non toxic.

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. Bath toys can harvest bacteria and lead to infections.