New research has revealed that people are wearing socks to bed that are ‘dirtier than a toilet’. According to a study conducted by MattressNextDay, experts discovered the same bacteria found on cockroaches and their faecal droppings on people's bed socks.
As part of the analysis, researchers swabbed different people’s socks that were worn from 7am to 11pm. Each person wore the same socks while wearing shoes, exercising, and going about their everyday routine.
They then swabbed a doormat and TV remote to compare the bacteria found in these germ-ridden hotspots to reveal which was more filthy. The test results confirmed that the bacteria on the socks and the doormat were the same, suggesting that they were just as dirty as each other.
