90. Dishwasher Seals

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from automatic
dishwasher seals.


Dr. Don - not risky
Professor Ben - not risky


The dishwasher rubber seal acts as a reservoir of bacteria in
the home environment - PubMed

Dishwashers–a man-made ecological niche accommodating human
opportunistic fungal pathogens - PubMed

Dishwashers are a major source of human opportunistic
yeast-like fungi in indoor environments in Mersin, Turkey:
Medical Mycology: Vol 51, No 5

A method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial
reduction in domestic dishwashers - Brands - 2020 - Journal of
Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library