The Birmingham News

Cover Cart Handle, Shop Sanitarily

Monday, February 26, 2007
DAVE PARKS, News Staff Reporter


Here's a handy, dandy health product for people who recoil at the idea os grabbing hold of a dirty handle on a grocery store cart.

It's called the Healthy Handle, invented by Al Dandy of Dandy Enterprises. It's simply a reusable sleeve that slips over the handle on a shopping cart.

According to a press release, Dandy claims that shopping carts are a major contributor to "a hugh public health problem." Maybe. People do sneeze or cough into their hands, then go back to pushing a shopping cart. Young children drool, and teething babies bite on the handles, Dandy says. Then there are the other bodily fluids to worry about, he warns.

Take a chance or not, it's up to you.

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