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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (22388)2/4/2002 11:54:44 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) of 62558
 
Public transportation, yuck...
During Autumn of 2000, a team of scientists at the Department
of Forensics at University College London removed a row of
passenger seats from a Central Line tube carriage for analysis
into cleanliness. Despite London Underground's claim that the
interior of their trains are cleaned on a regular basis, the
scientists made some alarming discoveries:

This is what was found on the surface of the seats:

* 4 types of hair sample (human, mouse, rat, dog)
* 7 types of insect (mostly fleas, mostly alive)
* vomit originating from at least 9 separate people
* human urine originating from at least 4 separate people
* human excrement
* rodent excrement
* human semen

When the seats were taken apart, they found:

* the remains of 6 mice
* the remains of 2 large rats
* 1 previously unheard of fungus

It is estimated that by holding one of the armrests, you are
transferring to your body the natural oils and sweat from as
many as 400 different people. It is estimated that it is
generally healthier to smoke five cigarettes a day than to
travel for one hour a day on the London Underground. It is
far more hygienic to wipe your hand on the inside of a recently
flushed toilet bowl before eating, than to wipe your hand on a
London Underground seat before eating. It is estimated that
within London, more work sick-days are taken because of bugs
picked up whilst traveling on the London Underground than for
any other reason (including alcohol).
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