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Washing Machines Spreading Deadly Superbugs

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

bacteria growing in washing machine

Story at-a-glance

  • Thirteen newborns in Germany were colonized with a dangerous bacterium after the washing machine used for their personal items began growing Klebsiella oxytoca, a bacterium normally found in the intestines, which may trigger life-threatening lung infections and damage

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