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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Should you avoid double dipping? Truths about germs and food safety

    If you dunk a chip into a bowl of salsa, bite it, then dunk again, are you spreading your germs all over the communal dip? If you drop food on the floor, pick it up, and eat it in five seconds -- is that safe?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 9, 2019 • 1 min read

    If you dunk a chip into a bowl of salsa, bite it, then dunk again, are you spreading your germs all over the communal dip? If you drop food on the floor, pick it up, and eat it in five seconds -- is that safe? Is it better to use a hand dryer or paper towel after you wash your hands? We speak with the author of “Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and other Food Myths in the Lab.”

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    Demands of LAUSD teachers, and the structural problems facing the district
    1. 0:00As strike looms, what are demands from the teachers union?
    2. 12:50LAUSD’s structural problems: finances, spread of charter schools
    3. 20:46In the Central Valley, life for undocumented immigrants is one of fear
    4. 30:35What happened when Netflix tried to appease Saudi Arabia
    5. 38:09Should you avoid double dipping? Truths about germs and food safetyYou’re reading this
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