Why flies are more dangerous than you think

When we see a fly, we usually don’t think about all the places it has visited and landed on. However, flies frequently land on rotting garbage, dead animals, trash, faeces, or rotten food before entering your home. When they land and walk among garbage and human or animal waste, they pick up,carry, and spread bacteria and viruses onto the food you eat.

If you see a fly landing on your plate with food, you will swat it away, and later eat the food.

Unfortunately, swatting the fly isnot enough and the damage has been done. The fly has already contaminated your food and you risk contracting one of many severe diseases.

According to the Pennsylvania State’s Department of Entomology,

“House flies are strongly suspected of transmitting at least 65 diseases to humans, including typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera, poliomyelitis, yaws, anthrax, tularemia, leprosy and tuberculosis”

by mechanically transmitting diseases wherever they come to rest. However, a new study from Penn State's Eberly College of Science, claims that they are even more dangerous, and that they also transmit Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that is a common cause of peptic ulcers, gastritis and some types of stomach cancer.

How can you protect yourself from dangerous diseases that flies transmit?

There are a few measures you need to take in order to prevent house flies from contaminating your living space.

• It’s vital that you don’t let the flies touch your food and that you keep them out of your home. By landing on the food and rubbing their legs together, flies contaminate your meal with bacteria and viruses.
• Clean your plates after eating and cover your food/close it in a box if you are not eating it.
• Throw the trash regularly and cover the trash cans.
• When it comes to keeping the flies out of your home, go for natural solutions. Sprays and insect-repellents contain harmful substances that are detrimental to your health.
• Purchasing anti-insect window screens will keep the flies and other insects from entering your home.

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