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( Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune ) The dirty details: The cash register area is one of the dirtiest areas of a store, said Philip Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University. Nearly everyone who passes through the store touches the area near checkout while they are signing their receipts. And though coins are antibacterial, Tierno said, paper money can harbor potential pathogens including skin-borne and respiratory-borne viruses once the money has worn down after it has been crumpled. |
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