Money Cc?

[andreagrant]

I just spent an hour rolling coins and whatnot, fulfilling my duty as treasurer of a little club. I know cash tends to be filthy, but I suddenly was struck by the idea that it could also harbor GLUTEN. ICK! I wonder how many mysterious CC's are due to something like this? Or am I just making myself paranoid?

[Nantzie]

It makes sense to me that it would at least stick to paper money and maybe even the grooves in coins. Gluten is sticky so it will stick to all sorts of things. They say that most money has detectable residue from illegal drugs on it, so if there's that, there's got to be gluten too.

There are so many things through the course of a day that you can touch and not know if you've gotten gluten on your hands.

The best habit to get into is to not touch anything near your mouth or your food until after you wash your hands. Once you get into that habit it makes things easier because you don't have to worry so much about everything else and what you touched. I keep a packet of hand wipes in my purse and in my car so I always have something to wipe my hands with if I need to.

Nancy

[CarlaB]

Money is so filthy anyway that I know I would be ultra careful about washing my hands afterward ... I'd treat it more or less as carefully as raw meat. It's disgusting ... I seldom use it! I guess it's possible to have cc, too.