You’ll never do this on an aircraft again.
Experts are urging air travel ers to avoid adding ice cubes to their drinks while on a plane, saying that you could be contracting germs by doing so., detailing unsavory industry secrets. “The ice is put in a tray with a scoop, and the trays don’t get cleaned very often.
” “Every surface on the plane is touched by hundreds of people daily and not often disinfected,” the attendant continued. “We don’t have the opportunity to wash our hands at all during the beverage service.” “A consistent percentage of the microorganisms identified from ice are known agents of human infections, and their presence indicates an environmental contamination,” researchers wrote in a 2017 study.Pregnant wife catches husband cozying up with another woman on beach: '15 years we were together!'“Some flight attendants get upset because it’s not clean,” Verna Montalvo, a cabin cleaner at Dallas-Fort Worth airport, toldShe claimed that her crew only has five minutes to clean and has even had to tidy an aircraft by herself due to labor shortages.As part of a 2017 study, researchers sampled 60 ice cubes from both domestic and industrial facilities, finding that they harbored more than 50 different bacteria strains, per“A consistent percentage of the microorganisms identified from ice are known agents of human infections, and their presence indicates an environmental contamination,” researchers wrote. If travelers must have ice in their drink, experts advise ordering soda or alcohol to mitigate the number of microbes. by the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center at the City University of New York, there is a “consistent reduction of bacterial risk due to alcohol, CO2, pH and antibacterial ingredients of vodka, whisky, Martini, peach tea, tonic water, and Coke.”That same study found that drinking water on 11 major and 12 regional airlines is possibly unsafe for human consumption. “My takeaway from doing the research was to not drink the coffee and the tea” said Charles Platkin, study author and the executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center.Simone Biles seemingly shades ex-teammate after winning gold medal at Olympics: 'Lack of talent, lazy' Kamala Harris' much older lover gave her a BMW and salary-boosting job as she climbed Dem party ranks Hamas leader killed in Tehran by Israeli airstrike as Iran supreme leader vows revenge, terror group saysWayfair's biggest sale of the summer is here — shop our fave patio picks from Black Friday in JulyWayfair's Black Friday in July offers up to 80% off kitchen essentials — Shop KitchenAid, NutriBullet, moreReese Witherspoon’s look-alike daughter Ava Phillippe goes brunette: ‘The dark side’
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