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Researchers from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) tested plastic, rubber, cloth, leather and metal (gold and silver) wristbands in search of a correlation between the material of the wristband ...

For the study, researchers tested plastic, rubber, cloth, leather and metal (gold and silver) wristbands to see if there is a correlation between wristband material and the prevalence of bacteria.

The researchers tested 20 wristbands made from either plastic, rubber, cloth, leather, gold or silver to see if there was a relationship between wristband material and the prevalence of bacteria.

The bacteria was in highest concentrations on cloth bands, then plastic and rubber, followed by leather. Metal bands, notably those made of gold and silver, carried the least bacterial load.

Despite being worn daily, routine cleaning of wristbands is generally overlooked or simply ignored. For the study, researchers tested plastic, rubber, cloth, leather and metal (gold and silver) ...

Silicone, they explain, is "something of a hybrid between a synthetic rubber and a synthetic plastic polymer," which means it's still a plastic, no matter how it's spun.

After cloth, plastic was the second worst, followed by rubber, leather, and last metal. It appears that the metal bands had little to no bacteria at all.

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