health

How Clean Is Your Shower?

by Erin Loechner, Posted Oct 8th 2009

Turns out that bacteria on your shower head could be making you a sick mess. According to a recent article in the NY Daily News, an analysis of 50 showerheads from nine U.S. cities found that about 30 percent harbored high levels of Mycobacterium avium -- a group of bacteria that can cause lung infections when inhaled or swallowed.