Two Griffith University academics have put a breakfast radio team’s tea towels under the microscope to reveal just how many germs like to call them home.
Associate Professor Helen Stratton, an expert in microbiology from the School of Environment and Science, put Flan, Emily Jade and Christo from the 102.9FM Hot Tomato Gold Coast Breakfast show team and their tea towels to the test after on on-air discussion over how frequent – or infrequent – the average person should wash their tea towel led to a call for each of the presenters’ to undergo analysis.
“We’ll discover how much bacteria is on the tea towels through some lab tests,” Associate Professor Stratton said.
“It depends how dirty they are and if they stay wet. If they dry out and they’re warm the bacteria can’t necessarily survive. It will be interesting.”
Emily Jade said she washed her tea towels daily, Flan washed his every couple
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