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Hands-Free Faucets Actually Grosser Without You Having to Touch Them

Posted April 04, 2011 12:07 PM

From Gizmodo:

Talk about irony. According to a study conducted at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, hands-free faucets have a significantly higher chance of playing home to bacteria like Legionella spp., which causes Legionnaire's Disease.

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04/05/2011 12:58 AM

Wow, bad news. I was involved in one of first ones that was installed in a surgery ward for infants at UVA back in 1985. Hope it didn't kill any babies. Though my part was only the diffuse reflective infrared sensing system.

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04/06/2011 10:42 PM

Stupid! They didn't make the parts out of copper and silver that naturally kill germs. Not a problem of more parts but bad material choices.

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