Drinking from cans safe?

[eveled]

I’m normally not a germaphobe, even in the current situation.

One thing that has always bothered me is drinking from cans. People walk into a convenience store grab a can of coke that has been sitting on a shelf open to the air being handled by God knows who or how many people. Then put their mouth on it to drink!

Seems like common sense to realize the top and side could be filthy, sometimes they are visibly filthy, yet people drink from them.

If I buy them in a box like a 12 pack, I can put the germ thing out of my mind, but I’m not sure that is even really 100% safe.

Am I the only one? If you google it the only things to come are aluminum and BPA.

 

[MADDOG 521]

The China virus stays on surfaces for different amounts of time. Two days up to eight dates is normal. There are some charts on the WWW that shows this. They say it is airborne and people breath it in their lungs to get sick. We wipe things down and let most sit for days before we use it. Be safe

 

[Dan in MI]

Out of a 12 pack I rarely look. From a store rack I always look. Any big stains, blobs, dirt I grab a different can. I also generally stab it into my thigh and twist. Any visual still in the rim gets a free Taco Bell napkin scrub.

 

[Colonialgirl]

I haven't figured out WHY they have closed off all the drinking fountains ! You don't put your lips on them, you drink from the top of the arch of water and whats left splashes down washing it all off.

 

[jgt]

The saving grace is the acid in a lot of drinks usually takes care of it. Tea is another story.

 

[Johnnu2]

With COVID.... I don't go out, so there's no danger here. BEFORE COVID, a quick wipe with my filty undershirt and I was good to go.... Remember drinking from a hose at a construction site, or one laying in the backyard where the dogs and deer pooped.... no worries then. Only God knows how much dirt from my filty hands was transferred to those hot dogs, big pretzels and sandwiches that I kept in my jacket pocket... :-( It's hard to believe I'm still alive and VERY OLD.... :-)) Oh, and let's not forget the water that the hot dog vendor used to cook those hot dogs....
J.

 

[Mike J]

I pretty much quit drinking soft drinks a couple of years ago. Other than wiping off something obviously dirty on my shirt I never thought about this. When I did take canned drinks in my lunch my biggest concern was always bees. If you drink a canned drink outdoors you need to pay attention to the can or keep the opening covered with your hand. Bees will get in them because they are after the sugar. I haven't experienced it but I have watched as someone else pulled a stinger out of their tongue. It didn't look like a good time.

 

[ronto]

I'm more concerned about running out than germs on the can.

 

[gasbag]

I drank out of the hose when I was a kid and I lived to tell about it.
I also kiss my dog on the nose and we all know where that nose has been.
Kids growing up today will have no resistance to anything. Everything is sterilized
5 times before they are even allowed to touch it.

 

[Bull Barrel]

The China virus stays on surfaces for different amounts of time. Two days up to eight dates is normal. There are some charts on the WWW that shows this. They say it is airborne and people breath it in their lungs to get sick. We wipe things down and let most sit for days before we use it. Be safe

Hmm...just like any other flu.

Remember when everyone got a soda in a bottle and they opened it then wiped off the rim with their hand before taking a drink?
Where had their hands been?

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Beverage cans are "cleaned" after filling to some extent but not necessarily "sanitized". After filling/sealing they take long rides on open conveyors before being herded into the machines that stuff them into the packs of various sizes. There is no particular effort to maintain ultra cleanliness during this transit or packaging, and the packaging materials are not necessarily "really clean" either. Then the individual packs may or may not be "bundled" by further machinery, tossed into a truck and hauled to one destination after another during which voyage they are manually handled all along their journey. At the retail end they are either sold from stacks as-is, or broken down by stockers to go into those coolers for individual sale . . . all by hand by who-knows-who? Same thing for glass or plastic bottles.

I ALWAYS clean the container, and prefer to pour the contents into a clean glass of my own. JMHO, but I spent ten years in the packaging industry, so . . . YMMV. :wink:

 

[Jimbo357mag]

Never thought about it much except to make sure there is no dirt on the can. In a bar I would prefer to drink out of the can or bottle rather than their glasses.

 

[gramps]

People, we have an immune system. Back in the 1950’s, polio was the scourge. In the Philippines only the middle class and rich kids got it! The poor kids were introduced to it playing in the dirt, while being breast fed antibodies from immune mothers. Unless something is visibly soiled I don’t care! Yep I played in creeks, drank from garden hoses, picked wild plums, blackberries, blueberries etc and ate them. I still do. Good luck!
gramps

 

[Bob Wright]

Drinking directly from a can may be safe, but is certainly uncivilized!

Bob Wright

 

[Fox Mike]

Drinking directly from a can may be safe, but is certainly uncivilized!

Bob Wright

WHAT? Uncivilized. You are joking, right? If not, then please explain your rationale.

 

[caryc]

I'm still having a hard time dealing with the fact that the Covid-19 virus is not even a living organism so how can it multiply and how can it be killed?

If it's not alive then how can it stay on surfaces for only a certain amount of time? I would think it would stay there until washed off? So why does it go inert for lack of a better word?

 

[protoolman]

Remember drinking out of the pop bottle then wiping it off on your t shirt (or not) before handing it to your brother?

 

[Rick Courtright]

People, we have an immune system. Back in the 1950’s, polio was the scourge. In the Philippines only the middle class and rich kids got it! The poor kids were introduced to it playing in the dirt, while being breast fed antibodies from immune mothers. Unless something is visibly soiled I don’t care! Yep I played in creeks, drank from garden hoses, picked wild plums, blackberries, blueberries etc and ate them. I still do.

Hi,

Amen!

A buddy and I were camping in a tent campground. Near us was a family with two or three small children. Kids were covered in dirt from top to bottom before they'd played very long. We were trying to guess how much dirt a kid SHOULD eat to develop their immune systems. His suggestion, based on his daughter who was a close friend of Mother Earth, was a minimum of one pound per year up to age five.

A lady I worked with years ago grew up on the South Side of Chicago, where both her parents were MDs. To say it was a well mixed group of people who came to see the doctor would be understatement. My friend said she could cuss in 11 languages by the time she was 9!

Her Mom talked about which kids got sick, and which didn't. She echoed gramps' comments, and said the snot nosed grubby little urchins who might have gotten sorta washed off once a week or so were the healthiest of her patients. They usually came in cuz blood was flowing or something was broken. OTOH, the "rich" kids whose moms brought them in with every little sniffle were the unhealthiest. It was from Mom that I first heard the old medical adage about treating the common cold:

"If you get a cold, you can do nothing, and it will take two weeks to get over it. Or you can go to the doctor and be well in only 14 days!"

As to the OP, when I was a kid my Mom wiped the top of every kind of can before opening it. It became a habit with us kids, too. Don't think we ever caught any kind of "can disease" I remember back then.

Rick C

 

[Bob Wright]

Drinking directly from a can may be safe, but is certainly uncivilized!

Bob Wright

WHAT? Uncivilized. You are joking, right? If not, then please explain your rationale.

No, I'm not joking. A proper lady or gentleman never drinks directly from a bottle or can. Just one of the rules of propriety. One always drinks from a glass or cup.

Bob Wright

 

[Fox Mike]

Drinking directly from a can may be safe, but is certainly uncivilized!

Bob Wright

WHAT? Uncivilized. You are joking, right? If not, then please explain your rationale.

No, I'm not joking. A proper lady or gentleman never drinks directly from a bottle or can. Just one of the rules of propriety. One always drinks from a glass or cup.

Bob Wright

Really? 83+ years old and I don't know ANY proper ladies or gentlemen. Where may I see a copy of the "rules" you speak of?

 

[Captain America]

I drink Diet Coke from a can at work, every so often I notice a big blob of spooge on the can and wipe it off. The paper towel is usually disgusting...My immune system is tempered with whatever that goo is on top of the 99.9% of the cans I don't wipe off.

 

[Bob Wright]

Really? 83+ years old and I don't know ANY proper ladies or gentlemen. Where may I see a copy of the "rules" you speak of?[/quote]

There were no written rules. They were taught by parents and at finishing schools. They were handed down by aunts, grandparents and parents. A few books were published and studied by young ladies. But its more of a traditional thing.

There are unwritten rules, such s a man precedes a lady descending the stairs, but follows her going up. A man walks on the curb side of the sidewalk when walking with a lady. A man opens and holds the door for ladies. At table, he does not start eating until the lady does. He holds the chair to assist her in seating. He does not expose bare arms in the present of ladies. He always has a clean handkerchief for her use. Do not be familiar with wait staff.

Such things have been taught to me since childhood.

Bob Wright

 

[wolfsong]

Really? 83+ years old and I don't know ANY proper ladies or gentlemen. Where may I see a copy of the "rules" you speak of?

There were no written rules. They were taught by parents and at finishing schools. They were handed down by aunts, grandparents and parents. A few books were published and studied by young ladies. But its more of a traditional thing.

There are unwritten rules, such s a man precedes a lady descending the stairs, but follows her going up. A man walks on the curb side of the sidewalk when walking with a lady. A man opens and holds the door for ladies. At table, he does not start eating until the lady does. He holds the chair to assist her in seating. He does not expose bare arms in the present of ladies. He always has a clean handkerchief for her use. Do not be familiar with wait staff.

Such things have been taught to me since childhood.

Bob Wright[/quote]

Wow. Just wow.

I suppose it is beneath "proper" folks to gather at hunting camps, cow csmps, beaches or swimming pools, nor are they comfortable in countries with different cultural views. At least the hired help of "proper" folks know their place, though. Wow.

 

[caryc]

Bob is not speaking of guys at at a hunting camp or 4 guys fishing in a boat. He is speaking about times when guys would qualify as actual gentlemen and woman were ladies. You can see how as time went by we all went downhill as far as that.

Did any of you watch the series Downton Abby? There was a gong that the head butler rang at a certain time before dinner. This told the diners that it was time to dress for dinner. They would actually dress in full evening gear, like black tie and tails just to go to dinner in their own home.

I guess with the women's lib thing guys just figure that women no longer get any special treatment. It's a shame things have gone so far downhill. All men would do well to think about the meaning of what Bob tried to explain. Women could do well trying to be a little more lady like as well. We can't go back to those times but we can do well to remember them and remember our manners. We sure haven't made any progress in that category.

 

[Fox Mike]

The bottom line is that I do not appreciate someone saying that my wife is "uncivilized" because she drinks pop from a can. This is 2020 USA, not 1816 England.

 

[mr surveyor]

At 67, I'm proud to say that it it appears that I'm not only an Infidel and a Deplorable, but finally reached the pinnacle of being a full blown Heathen :lol:


jd

 

[WAYNO]

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[Bull Barrel]

And when drinking that Coke or coffee, don't forget your, "Emily Post".

I'm sure many here remember Emily Post.

 

[daveg.inkc]

A friend told me once, that he worked in a Pepsi bottling company in the 1980’s and he witnessed bad things done to batches of Pepsi. He would not drink a can of soda. I could not get him to say what he saw. I can only imagine. This plant is in Brookfield, MO.

 

[375hh1973]

I guess im a heathen. Prefer to drink out of a can. In college I dont remember even having glasses to drink from in my apartment lol.

Wife drinks out of a can too. Better tell her she isnt a lady. Would be better if I texted it to her from the next room though...