WARNING.... THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS QUITE GRAPHIC
Seriously! You will reconsider the 5 second rule after reading this!
1. The Norwalk virus or Norovirus (the virus that causes the stomach flu) can survive on an un cleaned carpet for a month or more.
2. Each year, several pounds of soil can accumulate in and under a carpet.
3. The five-second rule is a myth: bacteria can live after four weeks on carpet. And, thanks to “microbial adhesion,” germs such as the following are immediately transferred to food: Salmonella typhimurium, Campylobacter, and Salmonella enteritis, a nasty bacterium that causes horrible diarrhoea and vomiting.
4. Bed bugs can live in carpet fibres and wooden floorboards. For their size, they are extremely fast and can crawl more than 100 feet to obtain a blood meal, usually at night from people who are sleeping. Engorgement takes about three to 10 minutes yet people rarely realise they are being bitten
5. A person sheds about 1.5 million skin flakes an hour, most of which becomes embedded in our carpets.
6. Dust mites thrive in warm, humid environments, eating dead skin cells and nesting in dust-collecting carpet. The residue that mites leave behind can mix with dust and become airborne, which may cause allergies.
7. Now do you understand why it is so important for your health and not just appearance to have carpets professionally cleaned a minimum of every 12 to 18 months?
Our next blog to follow is to alleviate the misconceptions of carpet cleaning... watch this space for further info.....And remember folks, sleep tight and don`t have nightmares!
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