Beat Germs All Over Your House

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/24/2018 Reviewed by Neha Pathak, MD on December 24, 2018
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SOURCES:
AARP: "Are You Hosting Billions of Germs in Your House?"
CDC: "Environmental Cleaning and Disinfecting for MRSA."
ConsumerReports.org: "Don't Clean Your HDTV With Windex."
Donna M. Duberg, M.A., M.S., MT(ASCP)SM, vice-chair, assistant professor, clinical laboratory science department, Doisy College of Health Sciences, Saint Louis University.
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: "Clean the Refrigerator for Mom This Mother's Day."
NSF: "Top Ten Germiest Places in the Home."
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences: "Cleaning the Bathroom."
University of Arizona: "Learn About Germs: Germs in the Home Environment."
USDA: "Spring Clean Your Kitchen to 'Be Food Safe.'"
Reviewed by Neha Pathak, MD on December 24, 2018
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