The Dirty Facts of Money Will Have You Soaking Bills In Germ-X

You remember as a child your mom would say "Don't stick that in your mouth! You don't know where it's been?  Well, we could certainly say that about the actual money in your pocket/purse.

Cheat Sheet recently posted '3 Gross Facts About Money'.

• 94% of cash contains disease-causing agents.
• 26% of cash contains traces of E coli.
• 3,000 types of bacteria can be found on any given dollar bill.
• 50% of credit cards will test positive for MRSA if tested

Factslides.com has more ugly facts about how dirty your money is:

• 90% of all U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine

The Daily Mail in London weighs in:

• Money that was tested included staphylococcus aureus, which can give people serious food poisoning, and klebsiella pneumoniae, which can cause pneumonia.

According to Dr Peter Ender, he said: 'Banknotes are widely used and each is exchanged many times. If some are contaminated with bacteria, there is potential to spread these organisms from person to person.'

From now on, I'll be using hand sanitizer after handling what little money I have.