Lo que nos bebemos

Los sospechábamos, pero no teníamos pruebas. El agua del water de los lavabos de las cadenas de comida rápida tiene menos bacterias que los hielos que les echan a las bebidas. No lo decimos nosotros.

Ha tenido que venir una aplicadísima colegiala (¡de doce años!) de un instituto alejado de la mano de Dios en Tampa Bay (Florida, EE UU) para poner las cosas claras con un sencillo trabajo para la clase de ciencias de su colegio. Vamos, que no ha hecho falta un análisis sofisticado para analizar el volumen de bacterias.

A través del Advertising News Digest hemos conocido un artículo publicado en Agenda Inc. que hace referencia, a su vez, a la fuente original: un artículo del diario Tampa Bay Online que cuenta lo siguiente:

"Benito Middle School student Jasmine Roberts examined the amount of bacteria in ice served at fast food restaurants.

Her project won the science fair at the New Tampa school, and she hopes to win a top prize at the Hillsborough County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, which starts Tuesday.

The 12-year-old compared the ice used in the drinks with the water from toilet bowls in the same restaurants. Jasmine said she found the results startling.

"I thought there might be a little bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much," she said. "And I never thought the toilet water would be cleaner."

Her discovery: Seventy percent of the time, the ice had more bacteria than the toilet water.

Geoff Luebkemann, director of the division for hotels and restaurants at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, said people shouldn't swear off fast food ice just yet. His state agency regulates Florida businesses, including coordinating health inspections."