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The 6 grossest spots in your home, and how to clean them

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Cleaning IQs have gone up since COVID , says Carolyn Forté , the executive director of the Home Care & Cleaning Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute .

Kitchen countertops are among the germiest, dirtiest spots in your casa , so if you aren’t cleaning and disinfecting them daily or weekly , please do.

Doorknobs, light switches and fridge handles are a breeding ground for germs and nasties.

The toilet is the most frequently cleaned place in the average American home, according to a 2018 survey by the American Cleaning Institute .

The bathroom floor around your commode also deserves scrub-a-dub love because staphylococcus, coliforms and E. coli can lurk there.

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