Yet One More Reason To Not Drink Soda

Posted By elissa on Jan 10, 2010 | 2 comments

Uuuuurrrrgh.  Hot off the presses of the International Journal of Food Microbiology:

The study looked at 90 beverages from 30 soda fountains in Virginia. A follow-up study took a look at the microbes they found in 27 drinks (including water). Researchers found that 48% of the drinks were harboring “coliform” bacteria — which means they could contain fecal matter. 

“More than 11% of the beverages analyzed contained Escherichia coli and over 17% contained Chryseobacterium meningosepticum,” according to the abstract. “Other opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms isolated from the beverages included species of Klebsiella, Staphylococcus, Stenotrophomonas, Candida, and Serratia.”

Ewwwwww.