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Efficacy of Waterless Hand Hygiene Compared with Handwashing with Soap: A Field Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813169/
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
"At Harvard we wash our hands every time we use the restroom."
"At Yale we learn not to piss on our hands. " (heard it in a movie- can't remember which one)
Wash yer hands...
I wash my hands after using the restroom. I probably should do it before because I work a dirty job, have a good immune system, and am probably a carrier of dangerous bacteria.
Is urine actually sterile?
http://www.popsci.com/urine-sterile-drinking-pee
Just in case you were wondering
By Rachel Feltman January 11, 2017
It's a fact frequently shared at parties and across social media: urine is sterile, so you should drink it if you find yourself in a waterless pinch. But like so many cocktail party factoids, this one is absolutely not true.
Urine ain't sterile, friends, and neither is any part of you.
Microbes are an indelible part of our bodies and the world around us. Not even the uterus and placenta, long thought to enshroud fetuses in sterile envelopes during gestation, are actually germ-free zones. They contain complex, varied microbial colonies—microbiomes—that help prepare us for the real world.
But it's apparent that many doctors are still under the impression that urine is sterile (unless someone has a urinary tract infection). That's likely a holdover from the days when bacteria in the body was thought of as a negative thing—the source of infections—as opposed to the complicated garden we now know to exist within us. It would be absurd to assume that a healthy urinary tract has absolutely no bacteria in it, given the abundance of microbes throughout our body. In fact, research indicates that replenishing the "good" bacteria found in the vagina can help prevent or treat urinary tract infections—so it seems likely that these friendly bacteria often traffic there.
So even if urine was sterile at some point, you better believe it's teeming with microbial life by the time it finishes its journey to your toilet (or wherever you're putting it).
Indeed, recent studies have indicated that bacteria are present in urine, though bacterial counts are lower in healthy urine than in the pee of someone suffering from an infection (duh).
Okay, so, to recap. Urine: not sterile. But on the other hand, bacteria: not inherently bad. So if you don't have a UTI, is drinking your urine okay?
Lots of folks drink their own urine for the supposed health benefits (which, for the record, are totally unproven). Others rely on urine during emergency situations out in the wilderness, and still others consume it for more, ahem, personal reasons. But it's not a great idea: even when you're healthy, urine contains salt, which will dehydrate you. If you're drinking urine because you're dehydrated, the salt concentration will continue to increase every time it goes through you're body. You're basically forcing your kidney to re-filter the substances it voided in order to keep your body healthy, and it should go without saying that this isn't a great idea.
If it's a true emergency? Drinking your own urine is probably okay for a day or two. Any longer, and you risk over-taxing your kidneys and falling into deeper dehydration troubles. But unless you're sweating buckets, you can go three days without drinking any water at all. So maybe you shouldn't turn to pee just because you're feeling parched.
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Vikings never washed hands , they just licked the fingers when need be .
Do something Danke
Experienced the same thing - people standing on the toilet seats too... They'd messed all over the seat and left it - this was at a software company that ranked within the top 10 in the world at the time. Haven't seen that kind of thing in quite some time though - that must of been 16-18 years ago. Well dressed people, nice cars in the parking lot, and sh!t all over the toilet seat.
Gulag Chief: "Article 58-1a, twenty five years... What did you get it for?"
Gulag Prisoner: "For nothing at all."
Gulag Chief: "You're lying... The sentence for nothing at all is 10 years"
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