GENEVA: Scientific curiosity knows no bounds: a group of Swiss and US researchers have delved into “the dark side” of inviting rubber ducks and other flexible plastic toys into our tubs. Over a period of 11 weeks, they exposed some of the toys to clean and others to dirty bath water, containing things like soap and body fluids. The researchers stressed though that there was a big difference between the plastic toys exposed to different types of water. “Fungal species were detected in almost 60 percent of the real bath toys and in all the dirty-water control toys,” the statement said. Hammes suggests a more scientific approach: tighter regulations on the polymeric materials used to produce bath toys.

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 14:26 UTC