Study: Using Public Toilet Seats? Beware of HPV Virus. CBCD Explains Study Implications
A team of scientists, from the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, headed by Dr. Vitaly Smelov, tested clean public toilet seats for the presence of the human papillomavirus (HPV). The team found that 9 out of 10 seats had the virus that causes genital warts and cancer. According to the study, "Apparently clean seats in 23 airports located in 13 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and UK)...
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