One in 10 Brits don't wash after the toilet: survey
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Six million Britons don't wash their hands after using the toilet and more than half a million only change their underwear once a month, a survey revealed this week.
More than a third of Britons admitted they did not wash every day and 27 percent said they picked up food from the floor and ate it, according to the survey of 3,000 people conducted by British pharmaceutical company Milton.
"We were keen to discover people's attitudes towards common hygiene activities to help raise awareness of activities such as hand-washing and see how seriously people are taking their personal hygiene and safety," Milton Technical Director Steve Riley said on Friday.
The survey found that Londoners and Scots were the cleanest with 68 percent bathing daily, though the capital also had the highest percentage of people who bathed only once a month.
Milton, which manufactures sterilizing fluid, antibacterial wipes and other hygiene products recommended a series of steps for staying clean and healthy.
Wash towels and linen each week to prevent germs building up, never pick up food from the floor and always clean chopping boards with disinfectant to stop cross contamination of foods, the company said in a statement alongside the survey.
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
