Study: 50 Percent of Shopping Carts Contain E. Coli

Shopping in the grocery store can actually be hazardous to your health, according to study experts from the University of Arizona.

After examining 85 random shopping carts in four states,Rift Gold preliminary research has concluded that 72 percent of these carts contained a marker for fecal bacteria. Then, researchers thoroughly studies samples from 36 of those carts and discovered that 50 percent of them were infected with E.coli, defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "a large and diverse group of bacteria.RIFT Platinum Although most strains of E. coli are harmless, others can make you sick. Some kinds of E. coli can cause diarrhea, while others cause urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia and other illnesses."

"That's more [bacteria] than you find in a supermarket's restroom," Charles Gerba, University of Arizona Professor of Soil,rift gold Water and Environment and lead researcher, told MSNBC.com. "That's because they use disinfecting cleaners in the restrooms. Nobody routinely cleans and disinfects shopping carts."

This is not the first time Gerba has found health trouble lurking around the market. This study coincides with previous research he discovered in 2008 stating that children who rode in shopping carts were more likely than others to develop infections caused by two other types of bacteria,RIFT Platinum salmonella and campylobacter.

And in June 2010, he co-authored another report with Lorna Linda University that found that reusable grocery bags could be a threat since there were detected to contain bacteria, including E.coli.

While this information can be daunting,TERA Gold Gerba had said in a formal press release: "With this knowledge, people will be in a better position to protect their health and that of their children."