Places Where Germs Breed On A Plane

One of the places on an airplane where germs breed is in the seat pocket which is on the back of the seat in front of your seat.  Once we get on a plane we usually place our personal items in the seat pocket for convience.  Some people compare reaching into that pocket is the same as putting your hand in someone elses purse and rummaging among their used tissues and gum wrappers. Some of the odd items found by airline passengers and personnel inside airplane seat pockets include toenail clippings and mushy old french fries.

Cold and flu viruses can survive for many hours on fabric and tissues.  These viruses can survive even longer, up to 48 hours, on nonporous surfaces such as plastic and metal.  So you might think twice before you remove that airline magazine from the seat pocket.