The Bacteria In Your Carpet
The Bacteria In Your Carpet
With the average household carpet having around 200,000 bacteria on every square inch of material, it can be unnerving to think about just what may be lurking in your own unit. The weekly vacuuming is not enough to remove all the grime that is buried within the material – which is why you will find carpets gradually becoming dull over time as the content that is buried within them accumulates. This includes decaying or organic matter – from food crumbs plus the body parts and faecal residue of the insects that come to feed on them, to pollen grains and dead skin being shed by the occupants of the house – which provides sustenance to the colonies of microbes within the carpet. These come with their varying health risks, which is not a threat you want to expose your family members to.
