Girl, 12, proves toilet water cleaner than ice

Found on Ananova on Tuesday, 14 February 2006
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A Florida schoolgirl won top prize with a science project proving toilet water is cleaner than ice in fast food restaurants.

"My hypothesis was that the fast food restaurants' ice would contain more bacteria that the fast food restaurants' toilet water," she said.

Jasmine says at each restaurant she flushed the toilet once, then used sterile gloves to gather samples.

She also collected ice from soda fountains and asked for cups of ice at drive thru windows. She then tested the samples at a lab.

Jasmine said: "I found that 70% of the time, the ice from the fast food restaurant's contain more bacteria than the fast food restaurant's toilet water."

Have fun next time you visit MacD or BK.