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Medical myth: The three second rule (when food falls on the floor)

By Philip Button | Published: 15/05/2012
As a food microbiologist, I have always been amazed at people’s belief in the three- or five-second rule. It goes something like this: if you retrieve food dropped on the floor or another surface within three or five seconds, it won’t yet be contaminated with bacteria. Okay, it might just be wishful thinking. Or a [...]
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