It has long been rumored that bathroom hand dryers are far less sanitary than we are led to believe. Thankfully, this has been confirmed and I can no longer feel bad for encouraging my daughter to shake out her hands instead of utilizing the suspicious hand dryer. A study found that a petrie dish placed in the bathroom attracted more bacteria after the hand dryer was used. Apparently, hand dryers suck in the air in the environment and then blow it out onto our hands. This is not terribly surprising though certainly disgusting. Unfortunately, hand dryers were supposed to be a better alternative to wasting paper towels. Now we have to ask, "at what cost?"
Ideally, one would step into their yard and pluck their kale from the vegetable bed. Or perhaps, bust out their sewing machine and work the cotton fabric woven on their spinning wheel when in need of a new outfit for next month's fete. Unfortunately, we do not live in that world. Urban sprawl has ruined us and the planet. We need items and we need them now. We drive distances to malls. We order online. We eat out. We take out. We are now forced to measure our carbon footprints. Mine is not great. I pride myself on not ordering many things online despite the appeal of convenience. Instead, I try to plot my errands and purchases along established routes of child pick ups/drop offs, work and school. Admittedly, this is because I detest driving-- which makes my carbon footprint look pretty good. But not great. I could stand to eat out less and to drink less coffee....out of tiny plastic holes fastened to paper cups.
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