I was watching the Today Show a couple of weeks ago and saw a segment I’ll never forget. It was about the worst places for your health, which got me thinking. What else do we do every day that might be hazardous, or just plain gross? I did a little digging, and added a few things to the list they had on Today. Keep these in mind! These are the 7 worst places to keep your things…

1. Toothbrush

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Where do you keep your toothbrush? Most likely it sits in a cup on your bathroom counter near your sink. Believe it or not, that’s one of the worst places to keep it! Every time you flush your toilet, bacteria goes flying up to six feet away… right there on your counter, and on your toothbrush! Ick! Keep it in a cup in your medicine cabinet instead.

2. Handbag

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Think about all the places your handbags sits during the average day… the floor of your office, the floor in the public restroom, the floor of the restaurant… so when you get home, the last place you ought to set it is on the kitchen counter or on the dining room table! In fact, you might want to just throw the thing away. A recent study asked women to swab the bottom of the handbags, and found that the majority of them are covered in fecal matter. Oh, gross! So keep your handbag on a hook… especially in the restroom!

3. Prescription drugs

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Most of us tend to keep our medicines in, well, the medicine cabinet in the bathroom! But that’s actually not the best place for it. Our bathrooms can get very hot and humid when we shower, and most drugs aren’t meant to be stored over 77 degrees. Keep them in a kitchen cabinet or closet instead.