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As busy as they are, kitchens are just about the germiest places in our homes — especially all those handles. You touch food, you open the oven. Your kids come in after touching who-knows-what and head straight to the fridge (or maybe it’s just mine?). With all that touching comes the risk of cross-contamination of foodborne illnesses and the spread of germs (flu season is coming!).

But the reality is, many of us don’t think about cleaning our appliance handles. At least, I don’t, unless my fridge is so sticky from my kids’ PB&J fingers that it’s dirty to the touch. And I need to get way better about that, because I’m putting us all at risk.

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