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Welcome to BBC Xtra English.

Today Anna and Inas talk about bacteria and women's hands.

A study by the University of Colorado has found that women's palms harbour a greater range of bacteria than men's hands.

Scientists detected and identified over 4000 different types of bacteria on over 100 people's hands.

This is because men have more acidic skin.

Acidic skin makes men's hands a harsher environment for bacteria to live in.

Another study in London showed that many bacteria and bugs are spread in public transport.

Bacteria in peoples hands spreads easily and quickly, especially if people do not wash their hands often.

The United Nations realises that this is a problem and made a Global Handwashing Day in order to raise awareness of the dangers of not washing your hands.

How often do you wash your hands? Do you think it is important to wash your hands a lot? Write to us in English
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Palms
أكف - جمع كف

Greater range
مجموعة أكثر تنوعاً

Bacteria
بكتيريا أو جراثيم

Harbour
يجمع

Detected and identified
اكتشف وحدد

Acidic skin
بشرة حمضية

Harsher environment
بيئة أكثر قسوة

Raising awareness
نشر الوعي

Sarab, Bethlehem, Palestine
I can't count the times in which I wash my hands. however, i can tell you that i wash my hands after i tuch any thing , which is not mine, or when i tuch a hand of any person.

Ahmed Fadhil
I believe that we have to solve this problem by the quickist way which is raising awareness between the comunities and draw thier attention to the dangarous which coming from the qick bacteria spreading/.

Walaa, Jordan
I wash my hand frequently, every time when i feel its not clean. I think washing hand is more than important because hand collect bacteria and grimes from every thing that you use or touch, so you must be careful and wash your hand

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