Fact or Fiction?: The 5-Second Rule for Dropped Food

And here, from the “is this what we’re spending our research dollars on?” file, comes the answer to the age-old question: can you still eat food that’s been dropped, and how long before you can no longer eat it? In summary, make sure you’ve dropped it on your nice, clean carpet.

From Scientific American:
Fact or Fiction?: The 5-Second Rule for Dropped Food

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