Rubber Duck Bath Bacteria

Bath time just got a little harder for parents.

Rubber duck bath bacteria.

The inside of a rubber ducky is gross. Bath toys can harvest bacteria and lead to infections. Chlamydia bacteria were detected on five of the real bath toys. The authors say that the flexible plastic material used in rubber toys absorbs organic material like bacteria from water which isn t 100 percent sterile the moment it comes out of the tap.

The large majority of the bath toys had areas of black discoloration indicating mold growth and diverse communities of bacteria including legionella. Scientists have the dirt on those cute little yellow duckies your kids like to play with during bath time. 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. As some parents have long suspected the squishy toys are a haven for bacteria.

Bath water also contains bodily fluids and additional bacteria and dirt that cling to. Rubber ducky bath toys contain bacteria and mold study finds. Much of the bacteria in question came from the water inside the ducks. The rubber duck has long been a child s beloved toy come bath time a little squishy friend who s always there to splash around with.

In total researchers found 75 million cells of bacteria per square centimeter of duckie. The study by the swiss federal institute of aquatic science and. Swiss and american researchers recently counted the germs swimming inside your kid s favorite rubber duck and say the murky liquid released when. Rubber ducks used as bath time toys are a haven for bacteria that could spread diseases swiss and american researchers have found.

A new study published in the journal npj biofilms and microbiomes says that slimy stuff inside bath toys are teeming with bacteria. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our. Read more at goodhousekeeping co uk institute.