90. Dishwasher Seals

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from automatic dishwasher seals.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The dishwasher rubber seal acts as a reservoir of bacteria in the home environment - PubMed
• Dishwashers--a man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens - PubMed
• Dishwashers are a major source of human opportunistic yeast-like fungi in indoor environments in Mersin, Turkey: Medical Mycology: Vol 51, No 5
• A method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers - Brands - 2020 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library