Consumers Fail to Consider Health when Walking Germs into Homes
Recently revealed in a series of polls conducted by carpet manufacturer United Carpets and Beds looking at the indoor shoe habits of the UK public found that only 5% would remove outdoor shoes because of small children, despite the typical shoe carrying an average of 421,000 units of bacteria.
A carpeted floor would provoke 39% of people to remove their shoes, but 42% of the respondents would insist that guests remove their shoes before walking on a pale-colored carpet. Fear of the carpet becoming stained was the biggest concern for 72% of respondents, but only 26% were concerned about germs transferring into the pile.