How often should you clean your water bottle?

水壺該多久清洗一次？

Good question.

問得好。

Jeff Wagner gets the dirty details and found out what happens if you don't clean it.

傑夫-瓦格納（Jeff Wagner）瞭解了骯髒的細節，並發現瞭如果不清洗會發生什麼。

You'd think it was a school supply.

你會以為這是學校用品。

I carry it every day.

我每天都帶著它。

Given how many students at the University of Minnesota had a water bottle with them.

考慮到明尼蘇達大學有多少學生隨身攜帶水壺。

I go to like lunch dinner.

我去吃午餐和晚餐。

I bring this go to class or gym.

我帶著它去上課或健身房。

It's my go to water there's plastic or steel, sipper or straw function or style.

無論是塑膠還是鋼製，無論是吸管還是吸管，無論是功能還是款式，它都是我的好幫手。

No matter the look, all eventually need a good rinse.

無論外觀如何，最終都需要好好沖洗一下。

How often do you clean this thing?

你多久清洗一次？

Um, I would say probably every other week, maybe once a week.

嗯，我想說大概每隔一週，也許一週一次。

Right now I clean it every three days.

現在，我每三天清洗一次。

A survey found that 62% of people clean their water bottles at least once a day.

一項調查發現，62% 的人每天至少清洗一次水瓶。

The rest clean it a couple times a week or even month.

其餘的人每週甚至每月清洗幾次。

It's probably the last thing on people's mind at the end of the day.

這可能是人們在一天結束時最不關心的事情。

Amy Johnston is a UMN Extension educator on food safety.

艾米·約翰斯頓 (Amy Johnston) 是UMN 食品安全推廣教育者。

How often should we clean our water bottles?

我們應該多久清洗一次水壺？

Yeah, it is best to wash them daily.

是的，最好每天清洗。

That could be in the dishwasher or by hand with warm water and soap.

可以用洗碗機清洗，也可以用溫水和肥皂手工清洗。

And that's just going to prevent any build up of bacteria.

這樣就可以防止細菌滋生。

Last year I didn't do that routine as much and then I found stuff in it and it's kind of gross me out.

去年，我沒有經常這樣做，後來我在裡面發現了一些東西，這讓我有點感到噁心。

I double their number.

我把他們的數量加倍。

Um, almost every 20 minutes touching the lid with dirty hands and rising temperatures can accelerate that growth.

嗯，幾乎每隔 20 分鐘，用髒手觸摸蓋子和溫度升高都會加速這種生長。

So too can the type of liquid left behind a sugary drink or any kind of flavoring components.

含糖飲料或任何調味成分留下的液體類型也是如此。

Those sugars or those components can be food for bacteria.

這些糖或這些成分可能成為細菌的食物。

If there are bacteria present, bacteria seem to love water bottles more than other dirty places.

如果存在細菌，細菌似乎比其他髒地方更喜歡水瓶。

Scientists swabbed common household surfaces for comparison.

科學家們用棉籤拭擦常見的家居表面，以進行比較。

It found that reusable water bottles had five times more bacteria on them than a computer mouse, 14 times more than a dog bowl and 40,000 times more than found on a toilet seat.

研究發現，可重複使用的水壺上的細菌比電腦滑鼠多 5 倍，比狗碗多 14 倍，比馬桶蓋上的多 4 萬倍。

For sure, I think that you can get sick, especially for letting your friends take sips of your water bottles to which part of the bottle can be more concerning for bacteria growth.

當然，我認為你可能會生病，尤其是讓你的朋友喝一口你的水壺，水壺的哪個部分更容易滋生細菌。

All of those little nooks and crannies are where bacteria are going to want to straws, nozzles and sipping points need the most attention when cleaning so much that Johnston advises people do so by hand to ensure nothing's missed in a dishwasher.

所有這些小角落和縫隙都是細菌滋生的地方，吸管、噴嘴和啜飲點在清洗時最需要注意，以至於約翰斯頓建議人們用手清洗，以確保在洗碗機中沒有遺漏。

I'm gonna study three days now with photojournalist Mike Durenberger, Jeff Wagner, WCCO News.

我要和攝影記者邁克-杜倫伯格（Mike Durenberger），WCCO新聞的傑夫-瓦格納（Jeff Wagner）一起學習三天。

Johnston says to let your water bottle air dry completely after cleaning that will help prevent mold.

約翰斯頓說，清洗後讓水壺完全風乾，有助於防止發黴。