Jun 03 2010

Death By Flip Flop

By Pete McDonald
BoaterMouth

Flip flops on hardwood floor

A new study from the University of Miami shows that flip flops are bacteria factories. They can harbor up to 18,000 different  bacteria, including e coli and deadly strains of staph.

This does not bode well for my summer.



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Pete McDonald
Pete McDonald is a contributing editor to Power & Motoryacht. Previously, he spent 11 years on the editorial staff of Boating. He has won multiple writing awards and holds a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.