RE: [Sndbox] Food on the floor is just for dogs

[Angela]

I think my dogs know the 5 second rule too. If it's not picked up after 5 seconds, then they grab it. My cats on the other hand try to grab it if it has never even touched the floor. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:15 PM To: 'The Sandbox Discussion List' Subject: [Sndbox] Food on the floor is just for dogs Food on the floor is just for dogs CHICAGO -- A young Illinois researcher has debunked the "five-seconds rule" for food dropped on the floor -- let the dog have it. Jillian Clark, 16, a Chicago high school student, did her summer microbiology internship at the University of Illinois to see how safe dropped food is. Clarke and her doctoral candidate mentor took swab samples from floors at dozens of campus locations, the Newhouse News Agency wrote. Clarke conducted swab tests in the laboratory on rough and smooth floor tiles inoculated with E. coli bacteria. She dropped foods, timed them there, then examined them under a high-powered microscope. Items dropped on infected flooring were indeed contaminated in less than five seconds. "I think anybody with kids knows that rule," said Lynne Olver. "Unless you have a dog. Dogs are in there within four seconds." Olver, a librarian and editor of the Food Timeline, said a research Web site could not locate the first mention of the five-seconds rule.   Charles Mims http://www.the-sandbox.org

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