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Old 11-29-2007, 05:44 AM
Lestat Lestat is offline
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Default Re: Why does hot water clean dishes better than cold?

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Actually heat kills germs bunny. Utensils in particular go into our mouths and the typical human mouth has 30+ bacterias in it plus cold germs, etc.

A dishwasher is particularly good because the intensity of the heat will kill more germs i.e. sterilization occurs.

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Heat kills germs AND dissolves food substances better than cold or moderate temperatures.
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