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Author Re: True that washing machines in many parts of the world don't heat the washwater?
Mrs Bonk

2008-02-15, 1:26 pm

E Z Peaces wrote:
> Charles Self wrote:
> I don't know about cold washing, but Staphylococcus Aureus (of which
> MSRA is a variety) cannot be detected after washing at 40C. Other germs
> grow in washing machines, but tumble drying kills them.

I don't have a tumble dryer.
I would be slightly happier to do a cold wash if I could peg out my washing
and let the sun have a go at it. With the short dull winter days, freezing
fog or continual rain I am not taking chances. I have lost two family
members within the last year both of them contracted MRSA.



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