Here's Where Bacteria Loves to Hide in Your Kitchen

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You finish washing your dishes, rinse out the sink and you're done, right? Wrong. Kitchen sinks have been found to be even dirtier than toilets. Yes, you read that right. According to Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist and professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, "The sink is a great place for E. coli to live and grow since it’s wet and moist. Bacteria feed on the food that people put down the drain and what’s left on dishes in the sink."