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The Worst Places for Your Health

health.msn.com — Store owners aren't the only ones concerned with finding the perfect spot in which to situate their stuff. Researchers in a wide variety of fields know that how you organize your environment--from where you stand in fitness class to the place you choose to store your meds--has a surprising effect on everything from your weight to staying well

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  • gl77, on 04/07/2008, -2/+62***** germophobes. come on, live a little! it'll only strengthen your immune system
    • grow4road, on 04/07/2008, -1/+9a- *****-men
      • holmes101, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Whats the best place to keep my weed? Tell me that and we'll love you forever.
        • danomagnum, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1dude... you could hide your weeed in there, maaaaaaaahn...
    • ApeInago, on 04/07/2008, -10/+1if you want food poisoning, voilent diarhea and vometing.. you go ahead and lick the toilet boil at a 7-11... But thats not my cup of tea.
      • barfooz, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8I think there's a bit of a difference between putting your tongue in a toilet bowl and putting a toothbrush in your mouth that may have come in contact with microscopic particles of toilet water. Like, maybe several orders of magnitude of concentration of ***** particles.
      • Hangly, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1dugg for "toilet boil"
        Jesus ***** eww.
      • Mothrog, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1That's some fine writing there, Apelnago. Maybe you should try learning English before you try to write something.
    • halobender, on 04/07/2008, -1/+8Especially with children, they need to be exposed to this stuff within reason.
    • barfooz, on 04/07/2008, -0/+12Let your toddlers put anything in their mouths except ***** and live wires, and throw away the Lysol. You'll save the doctors' bills for allergies, colds, etc. later.
    • themastersb, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1For some reason my mom always keeps coffee and bread in the fridge. I should show her this article to change her way of thinking.
    • JosephStalin, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1George Carlin:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-yH_Qyipc
    • mGARANDEUR1, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Yeah I really cannot stand those Clorox commercials. They make it seem like germs are out to destroy everything.
  • jlj1958, on 04/07/2008, -4/+7Feng shui FTW!
    • WoollyMittens, on 04/07/2008, -0/+5I don't think Feng Shui deals with farting on your toothbrush.
  • wakeupsheeple, on 04/07/2008, -4/+25Mythbusters already showed that even the toothbrush that was kept in a sealed area away from the toilet had bacteria. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
    • scalarjack, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Agreed, buried article as inaccurate
    • KingGorilla, on 04/07/2008, -3/+10people who use the word sheeple are sheeple
      • grimward, on 04/07/2008, -1/+4Way to trap yourself :D
      • KingGorilla, on 04/07/2008, -2/+1people who use the word sheeple are sheeple
        • KingGorilla, on 04/07/2008, -2/+1people who use the word sheeple are sheeple
    • Testiculese, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1People don't wash their toofbrush before/after use?

      That's the pretty much only germiphobe thing I bother with. Getting the bristles under the gumline will deposit all kinds of stuff directly into your bloodstream. Bad.

      The rest of the article didn't apply or I don't care.
    • executorzz, on 04/07/2008, -1/+4Mythbusters and germophobes aside, Still a good idea not to get fecal matter on your toothbrush...
      • 42Vindictive, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Why not? Your bum is probably one of the cleanest areas on your body. It doesn't touch nearly as many things as your mouth, let alone your hands. Its probably terrible for you to get hand matter on your toothbrush.
  • shamittomar, on 04/07/2008, -2/+13"3.2 million microbes per square inch in the average toilet bowl".
    I am scared !!! I spend my half hour daily sitting on it.
    They are in my ASS now !!!
  • thelastcivilian, on 04/07/2008, -1/+24This sort of logic can applied to anything if you try hard enough.
    The worst place to live? Earth! It's full of pollution, and diseases are easily communicable between members of the dominant species.
  • Rodex123, on 04/07/2008, -0/+6Why should I care about fecal microbes on my girlfriend's purse? Who am I, Howard Hughes?
    • idreamwideyed, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1have you tinkled into any jars lately?
  • leerayIG88, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2mmmm let me lick it with my tounge. :-p
  • thelastcivilian, on 04/07/2008, -2/+1Everything, ur doin it wrong.
  • PathmarkPolice, on 04/07/2008, -0/+34Why isn't New Jersey on this list?
  • mytibt, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2new twist to telling people their breath smells like sh*t
  • enVisionGTR, on 04/07/2008, -3/+616 pages!? ONE . . . FREAKING . . . PAGE!
  • scy1192, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3/paranoid
  • steamybuzeemy, on 04/07/2008, -1/+3With all these hazards, how did the human race ever make it to where we are today.
  • digggggggggg, on 04/07/2008, -1/+9The worst name for a magazine? Prevention.

    I mean, prevention of what, exactly? The word itself sounds like a reminder of the harrowing times ahead.
    • Insomnya3AM, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1I'm guessing it has stomach ulcer medication advertisements in the back.
  • ortucis, on 04/07/2008, -0/+9http://health.msn.com/ssprint.aspx?cp-documentid=1 ...
  • MariaEspanol, on 04/07/2008, -0/+24How bout the worst place to view a slide show: MSN. 16 page turns?
  • Christato, on 04/07/2008, -6/+0I've read about this before, thats for posting :)
  • Christato, on 04/07/2008, -6/+0I've read about this before, thanks for posting it :)
  • quantumduck, on 04/07/2008, -0/+14Who is going to throw a piece of fruit away after dropping it in the sink? I don't throw mine away after dropping them on the floor.
    • secrity, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1My sink is usually quite clean, the floor is quite dirty though.
  • thedogfatherx, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4Blah.....waste of time.
  • CloseYetFar, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1I'm running Linux and getting little balloons at the bottom of my screen just for visiting a msn site. This really brings back memories, I guess somethings will never change.
  • WraTH017, on 04/07/2008, -0/+7If Global Warming, pollution, the economy, or terrorism doesn't kill you, that dirty handbag on your kitchen counter will.
    • ApeInago, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1its all about hedge'n your bets...
  • WoollyMittens, on 04/07/2008, -0/+15Please please please, no more "slide-shows". The internet is not your ***** powerpoint presentation.
  • grow4road, on 04/07/2008, -1/+6.what a ***** joke. digg is for interesting *****. its not a place for some ***** soccer mom to tell us the horrors of left overs. give me a break OP.
  • Thekirby45, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Lol I do all of this *****
  • Mothrog, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3Yet another ***** germophobe assclown article. Buried.
  • edd17, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3The rear of an airplane may be the most uncomfortable, but it is the safest place to sit.
    • Hangly, on 04/07/2008, -1/+2The tail section had fewer survivors than the front. And then two of them got shot and one got eaten by a smoke monster.
      Doesn't sound that safe to me.
      • Rettocs, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1Its safest in terms of terrorism. The "terrorists" would stand at the front of the plane, so they could view everyone's frontside to make sure nobody is going to try to be a hero.
  • Tekkfu, on 04/07/2008, -0/+7This is from the same people who are big time germ o fobs but then let there dog lick there face....

    and you know he was licking his rid rocket and magic brown hole earlier
  • 0260, on 04/07/2008, -0/+9I've licked a pole in a NYC subway train (by accident). I tasted so many things at once but i was a-ok. I thought I would share that
  • Hangly, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4Beijing
  • grimward, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2buried for being inaccurate.
  • VacantThoughts, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3I don't digg articles that force you to hit next to read a paragraph of text
  • darny, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Got to number 8 then got thoroughly annoyed.
    buried for the slide show.
  • sporad1c, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Buried for sure. My mom isn't this paranoid.
  • daimposter, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8#17: paris hilton's mouth
  • aqrilik, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2#17: College
  • YogiWanKenobi, on 04/07/2008, -1/+4"The worst place to cool leftovers: In the refrigerator
    Placing a big pot of hot edibles directly into the fridge is a recipe for uneven cooling and possibly food poisoning, says O. Peter Snyder Jr., PhD, president of the Hospitality Institute of Technology and Management in St. Paul, MN. The reason: It can take a long time for the temperature in the middle of a big container to drop, creating a cozy environment for bacteria. You can safely leave food to cool on the counter for up to an hour after cooking, Snyder says. Or divvy up hot food into smaller containers and then refrigerate--it'll cool faster. "

    WTF??? Is he saying the food will cool faster on the counter than in the refrigerator? If that's true then I need to take Physics again. Cooling hot food in the fridge is a bad idea anyway because it raises the temperature in the fridge, enabling microbial growth in your older leftovers. Maybe that's what he was talking about.
    • Rettocs, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2No, they are talking about "cooling evenly". If you throw it in the fridge, the outside gets cold quick, while the middle is still really warm. On the other hand, if you leave it on the counter, it will all turn room temperature, then there is a little bit more of an even cooling applied to the food. Hope that made sense.
      • jbmcb, on 04/08/2008, -1/+1No it doesn't. Putting it in the fridge won't make it cool less evenly, the evenness of cooling isn't affected by the rate of cooling. The bits of leftovers near the outside of the container will cool faster, meaning the heat on the inside of the leftovers will migrate out towards the cooler areas faster, thus cooling everything faster. Unless the temperature differential is massive (boiling water into a flash freezer) I don't think there will be a difference.
        • ozydingo, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2The key there is assuming that the rate of heat transfer within the food can keep up with the rate of heat transfer from the food to the fridge. I'm not sure it can--from experience I've put warm food in the fridge, taken it out some minutes later to eat more, and the outside was cold but the inside was still warmer than room temperature, meaning the food cooled less evenly than it would have had I left it to cool outside the fridge first.
    • toastjam, on 04/07/2008, -0/+3I wondered the same exact thing. It's poorly worded, at the very least.
  • illegalcortex, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1"When you flush, aerosolized toilet funk is propelled as far as 6 feet"

    And this is why my girlfriend never has to complain about me leaving the toilet seat up. I've closed the lid before I flush since I first heard this fascinating tidbit years ago. I'm not usually a germ paranoid, but it just doesn't bear thinking about.

    Also, I once had a cat leap before it looked and land in the open toilet. Apparently, it was also used to my compulsion and had no concept that it could actually be open.
  • natgem, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1Very informative article. I've heard for a long time to never place your toothbrush on your bathroom sink because of all the chemicals and waste that become airborne as soon as you flush the toilet. And I also heard to never place your purse on the floor- no matter what. Always keep it on your lap.
  • Smurph0404, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Dr. Steve Bruhle here, for your health!
  • Bizdorph, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2What a crock of *****. To a certain limit, the more you test your immune system daily the less likely you are to get sick. I live in absolute ***** SQUALOR (poor student, exam time, lazy, small apartment with my best friend as a roommate), and I get sick so rarely that it's negligible.
    Stop trying to live in a bubble. Rub some dirt in it.
  • theCheeseMan, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1"The worst place to keep your medicine: The Medicine Cabinet"

    Dugg.
    • secrity, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1That was probably the only reasonable point in that entire slide show.
  • mehan, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2enjoy your ***** allergies, asthma, and the lack of immune system.

    there is a reason why antibiotics are not good for you
  • brettuthius, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I really thought I was going to be Rick Roll'd with obvious things like 'the mall food court' and 'public gym showers', but actually, some of these were quite good. I'll second Dr. Steve Bruhle on this one - For your health!

    Do you have a problem with smelly underarms? Put vinegar on them. Why didn't you think of that, dummy?!
  • lostalpinist, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0So, practically everywhere?
  • ZurMacht, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Number 17. A puddle of AIDS. (Frrunkis)
  • forgiste, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Can't you just microwave your toothbrush for 10 seconds and it kills basically all the bacteria on it?
  • typicalsquirrel, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0all of these things build immunity!
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