Monday, August 23, 2010

How many bacteria are on human feet?

Pretty much all of them.





A typical density would be anywhere from a thousand to a million organisms per square centimetre, depending on how moist the foot has been and for how long. Typical residents include diptheroids, micrococci, and many others. Staphylococcus aureus is the most commonly found one.





It is quite simply not true that any antibacterial agent can reduce this count to zero. There are many bacteria that are quite hardy and can resist even alcohol solutions which will kill your own cells. What's more, pores, cracks, and so on are often very difficult for any solution to penetrate. Even if you could completely sterilize the surface of your foot, contact with any non-sterile object (like air) would re-contaminate it in seconds. Link 2 explains that at length.





Any product that claims to completely eliminate bacteria, therefore, is probably exaggerating at best and overtly lying and manipulating the data at worst.

How many bacteria are on human feet?
Why?
Reply:there are about 99,9999999999999999999999999999999999999... bacteria on your feet
Reply:more than likely less than the amount of bacteria on your hands
Reply:If u use detol spray after that none will b left .then u can lik those feet freely.watch chanel 4 Detol advert. pls dont mind just joking ,i tried best but could not count,running barefoot on these beautiful carpets which r poultry farm of bactarias.


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