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Scientists Say Half Of All Soda Fountains Harbor Fecal Bacteria

Scientists Say Half Of All Soda Fountains Harbor Fecal Bacteria

By Phil Villarreal January 7, 2010

If you were looking for a reason other than the ridiculous price markup to avoid soda fountains, microbiologists from Hollins University — publishing in the International Journal of Food Microbiology — have got it for you: There’s poo-related bacteria in half of them, the Huffington Post reports, citing blogger Tom Laskawy. [More]

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