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How dirty is our money? We teamed up with the London Metropolitan University and found some of the world's most dangerous bacteria on UK coins and notes.

What they found:

● 2 superbugs including MRSA found on 2p, 5p, 10p, £1 and £2 coins and the £10, £20 and £50 notes

● Listeria was found on 20p, 50p and £1 coins and the £5, £10 and £20 notes

● A total of 19 different bacteria were discovered lurking on coins and notes

● The full results: https://www.money.co.uk/guides/reveal...

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Financial comparison website money.co.uk, teamed up with the London Metropolitan University to put money under the microscope to discover what’s really lurking in your wallet - the findings are not for the faint hearted.

Dr Paul Matewele, Professor of Microbiology at London Met, and his students took 36 samples from a random selection of all denominations of coins and notes. The microbiologists studied the bacteria in a controlled lab environment over a period of 8 weeks.

19 different bacteria were found across UK coins, polymer £5 and £10 notes and paper £20 and £50 notes, including 2 life threatening bacteria associated with antibiotic resistant superbugs - Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterococcus faecium (VRE).The life-threatening airborne bacteria, Listeria was also found.

13.1 billion cash payments were made in the UK in 2017, but paying for goods with cash is declining, with only 22% of transactions being paid for with coins and notes. Consumers like the convenience of contactless card payments, but could paying by plastic benefit your health too?

The study revealed cash is incredibly dirty and has become a breeding ground for bacteria.

Last year the World Health Organisation (WHO) published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which pose the greatest threat to human health. Shockingly, money.co.uk can reveal 2 of these bacteria were found on the cash we touch everyday.
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