小朋友最喜歡的黃色小鴨鴨，過去曾被驗出塑化劑超標，沒想到，現在又被歐美科學家剖開檢查，並發現裡面竟然藏有大量會讓人生病的細菌。這份研究，由瑞士聯邦水產科學和技術研究所，蘇黎世聯邦理工學院以及美國伊利諾大學聯手調查完成，27日在《生物膜和微生物》期刊上發表。不過，儘管內容有點嚇人，專家也認為，只要使用高品質的聚合物，製造泡澡玩具，就能避免孳生不該出現的細菌，保障孩童的健康。
研究發現，5隻裡面有4隻，小鴨鴨肚子裡，除了裝了黴菌，竟然還有軍團桿菌，就是革蘭陰性桿菌的嗜肺性退伍軍人桿菌；以及綠膿桿菌，就是令免疫系統受損的機會性感染病原，而這類細菌，只要感染到，多得送醫治療，危及小朋友的健康。
連結：Danger: a mucky rubber ducky is a haven for bacteria, says study
The study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, ETH Zurich and the University of Illinois, counted microbes swimming inside the yellow toys and found the murky liquid released when ducks were squeezed contained “potentially pathogenic bacteria” in four out of the five toys studied.
The bacteria found included Legionella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that is “often implicated in hospital-acquired infections”, the authors said in a statement.
小編評：我找到這篇論文囉～journal Biofilms and Microbiomes：Ugly ducklings—the dark side of plastic materials in contact with potable water，這個論文好熟習喔，是我研究所專題常常茶的論文耶…