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90. Dishwasher Seals

Risky or Not?
Risky or Not?
Episode • Jan 6, 2021 • 11m

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from automatic dishwasher seals.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

  • The dishwasher rubber seal acts as a reservoir of bacteria in the home environment - PubMed
  • Dishwashers–a man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens - PubMed
  • Dishwashers are a major source of human opportunistic yeast-like fungi in indoor environments in Mersin, Turkey: Medical Mycology: Vol 51, No 5
  • A method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers - Brands - 2020 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
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