Washable money.

[stvdv]

It's long been known that money is dirty stuff, and aids in spreading germs. These days I'm happy Canadian currency is washable. After a quick trip to the store just now, I washed the change and the bills?

Is your currency washable? If not, what steps are you taking to keep currency clean or not use it at all?

I never had problems with germs on my money, but I did give it another thought yesterday, so I decided to wash my hands when I touch money.

When washing money, I also need to wash the money bag. With Corona all around, even clean money gets dirty when my "Corona fingers touch it"

Reality check ... germs all around. No way to avoid this anymore. For 56 years my "germ money" just worked fine. But washable money is a good invention. These washable currency notes are much stronger, here in Holland they easily tear up.

 

[Revoltingest]

It's long been known that money is dirty stuff, and aids in spreading germs. These days I'm happy Canadian currency is washable. After a quick trip to the store just now, I washed the change and the bills?

Is your currency washable? If not, what steps are you taking to keep currency clean or not use it at all?

I say dirty money is an over-blown issue.
Is it really any different from other surfaces we touch?
Sure, sure, it's covered with microbes...but what isn't.
Has money been shown to pose a danger?
Nah....
How dirty is your money?

 

[MNoBody]

if the theory behind vaccinations has any leg to stand on then exposure to weak strains of microbes is actually essential to keep a current, healthy immunity.... [seesh, sounds like any computer antivirus suite, needs updates to keep it sound]
so using things passed around in common, puff puff pass etc are actually useful to mildly innoculate us with weak versions which we can develop a real immunity from.
[and without the added thimerosol and live virus particles and animal tissues etc]

 

[sun rise]

I've accidentally laundered money. The difference in having clean money is extreme. And yes, US currency at least comes out just fine as long as you flatten it after washing so it does not curl up in a hot dryer.

As far as the risk goes, my references are high quality sites
Dirty Money
Dirty money: Handling cash and cards could be damaging to your health |

 

[Quagmire]

I saturate bills and soak change in hydrogen peroxide as soon as I get It, then I either put it all in a plastic bag or spread it out in the sun and leave it for a few days.

 

[MNoBody]

UVC in the range of 200-275nM with sufficient flux density for sufficient duration will render all these microbes sterile
but only 207-222nM is considered medically "safe" for mammalian life [used for on site sterilization in medical procedures]

 

[ChristineM]

It's long been known that money is dirty stuff, and aids in spreading germs. These days I'm happy Canadian currency is washable. After a quick trip to the store just now, I washed the change and the bills?

Is your currency washable? If not, what steps are you taking to keep currency clean or not use it at all?

I rarely use money, debit card is the answer and i always know where its been.

 

[Skwim]

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"All money, it turns out, could stand to be laundered: the stuff is filthy. Studies show that a solid majority of U.S. bills are contaminated by cocaine. Drug traffickers often use coke-sullied hands to move cash, and many users roll bills into sniffing straws; the brushes and rollers in ATMs may distribute the nose candy through the rest of the money supply.

Also found on bills: fecal matter. A 2002 report in the Southern Medical Journal showed found pathogens — including staphylococcus — on 94% of dollar bills tested. Paper money can reportedly carry more germs than a household toilet. And bills are a hospitable environment for gross microbes: viruses and bacteria can live on most surfaces for about 48 hours, but paper money can reportedly transport a live flu virus for up to 17 days. It's enough to make you switch to credit."
source


"Paper money can survive the washing machine because it's made of rags, not cellulose. ... Rag fibers are basically unaffected by water, whereas cellulose fibers absorb water and come apart when they get wet. So paper money comes through the washer just fine, while cellulose paper comes unglued."
source

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[Revoltingest]

Dueling websites about the dangers of handling money, eh.
Some say safe, others say dangerous.
I'm going out on a limb.....
Money is perfectly safe if you don't chew on it or rub it on your face or
nether regions. Wash your hands before doing anything posing a risk.
It's pretty much the same as any "surface that has been around the block".

 

[Milton Platt]

Be poor. Problem solved.

Been there, done that...couldn't afford the tee shirt. I'm retired now and everything is paid off and money in the bank. I rarely have real money. Debit card and online transactions mostly. The few bills tucked into my wallet just in case are the same ones that were there a year ago.