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People often ask How clean is clean? When can we say that a surface is clean enough?... Is it good enough when it looks visibly clean? Or do we need to worry about what we cannot see? A group of scientists have been asking themselves these questions. Although the answer to How clean is clean? is a bit complicated, the short answer is: it depends! The website How clean is clean? explores the science of cleaning and how these questions can be addressed... Cleaning is something that we do every day, often without thinking too much about it. We wash our hands, brush our teeth and do the dishes, for instance. Cleaning also happens at work. To make food that is safe to eat, restaurants and food manufacturers follow strict cleaning protocols. The same happens in many other areas: to produce pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, or even the tap water we drink… Cleaning is also important in public spaces. We all enjoy a clean environment. However, we tend to only notice it when it is not clean.

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