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The researchers wrote:
“The microbes found on the lemon samples in our investigation all have the potential to cause infectious diseases at various body sites, although the likelihood was not determined in this study.
“Restaurant patrons should be aware that lemon slices added to beverages may include potentially pathogenic microbes.”
Philip Tierno, PhD, clinical professor of microbiology and pathology at New York University School of Medicine and author of
The Secret Life of Germs told ELLE:
“People are touching the lemon in your glass, handling it, cutting it, placing it in a container or a cup, or a glass; and then picking up those slices at a later point in time and dropping them into a drink and putting them on the rim of a glass.
“You can easily see how those lemon slices and lemon wedges can be contaminated.”
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