jmcquown wrote:
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>> Now THIS will make ya hurl, kids...:
>>
>>
>> http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/h...ice02.article#
>>
>> Hold the ice: What's in your glass might surprise you
>>
>> COLD TRUTH | 'Someone's not washing their hands properly': 1 in 5
>> samples from restaurants, bars found to have high levels of bacteria
>>
> I don't understand this. Ice in a restaurant is is made by a machine. Ice
> is place into glasses via an ice scoop. While I certainly believe too many
> people don't wash their hands, I sincerely doubt they are grabbing ice with
> their bare hands to fill glasses.
>
>
Municipal water contains an irreducible small number of bacteria.
Therefore, the water in the ice machine contains bacteria, but it stays
in the ice machine long enough for the chlorine to evaporate, so the
bacteria can begin to multiply.
The water in the toilet is flushed often, so the chlorine doesn't have
time to evaporate. The bacteria level stays fairly low.
There are bacteria growing on your teeth RIGHT NOW.

I added that last part just for fun...