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Food safety is the victim of it’s own success. When I wrote about why I decide to care about food safety, I mentioned how 3,000…
Food safety is the victim of it’s own success. When I wrote about why I decide to care about food safety, I mentioned how 3,000…
At this year’s North York General Emergency Medicine Update, I was asked to review the most important emergency medicine…
Researchers have debunked the idea that dropped food is still bacteria-free after five seconds
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食べ物を落としてもすぐに食べればOKな「5秒ルール」に科学的根拠はあ
Welcome to the Altmetric High Five! On a monthly basis, my High Five posts examine a selection of the most popular research…
We’ve all heard it before: if you drop food on the floor, you have 5 seconds to pick it up and eat it. The idea behind this is…
The five-second rule is a lie, but if you're going to eat food off the ground, try to eat it off a carpet.
The floor is gross, you guys.
Few things match the delight of my dogs and myself at the sight of Floor Food. When it happens we're like "Ooo! Floor Food!…
Researchers concluded that no matter how fast you pick up food that falls on the floor, you will pick up bacteria with it.
Health No exceptions--a new study made…
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You’ve probably heard of the five-second rule: If you drop some tasty item of food, but can scoop it off the floor within five…
The real world is a lot more nuanced than this simple rule reflects
La famosa "regola dei 5 secondi" afferma che il cibo caduto a terra rimane incontaminato dai batteri se viene raccolto, appunto…
Scientists decided to put the old five-second rule to the test, to prove once and for all whether there is any truth to it.
Most people would have used the "five-second rule" to justify rescuing some tasty tidbit from the floor at some point in their…
A Rutgers University study looked whether the “5-second rule” is a reality or a myth. For those few who are not familiar with…
Bifidobacteria and ulcerative colitis, the pollen microbiome, busting the 5-second rule, resistance genes in 23,000 microbial…
A new study about whether it’s safe to eat dropped food — specifically watermelon, gummy bears, and buttered toast — neglects…
(credit: Sven Schiffer) Who hasn’t tried to salvage a mouthwatering morsel tragically lost to a germ-covered floor by…
Bacteria doesn't always adhere to the five-second rule, but it may adhere to your food if you drop it on the floor.