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Study finds that self-service checkouts are covered in poop bacteria

Focus On: Aldi Store Tarleton TARLETON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 22: A customer uses a self checkout terminal at the new Tarleton Aldi store on July 22, 2022 in Tarleton, United Kingdom. Aldi is the UK’s fifth largest supermarket chain and has 950 stores. The new Aldi store is the first in the Preston area. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (Chris Furlong/Getty Images)

Medical researchers in the UK found that the self-service checkouts that make our lives easier are teeming with loads of bacteria.

The scientists tested other items we touch regularly like handles on doors and computer keyboards but concluded that self-service checkouts had more disease-carrying bacteria than the others.

The swab-happy scientists were especially shocked when they discovered a bacteria that comes from human poop to be especially prevalent on self-service stations.

The experts are urging people to keep being vigilant about washing their hands to avoid coming catching anything.

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Joe Kelley

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