A new study has delivered a disturbing finding about everyone’s favorite comfort crutch, the humble drink bottle.
The chokehold so-called “emotional support water bottles” have on society cannot be understated: the trend emerged during lockdown, and has since garnered hundreds of millions of views on TikTok.
“They are objects that can’t betray us,” Australian Catholic University clinical psychologist and hoarding disorder expert, Associate Professor Keong Yap, told The Sydney Morning Herald, comparing the phenomenon with objects children use to soothe anxiety (like stuffed toys).
“They are reliable and predictable, unlike people who can hurt us.”
Turns out they can, however, “betray” you—if you don’t clean them regularly.
A recent study from US-based waterfilterguru.com found reusable bottles can harbor 40,000 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat—describing them as being like a “portable Petri dish.”
Source:New York Post
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