Scientists count five-second rule down to zero for safety

The controversial “five-second rule” — the one that allows us to eat dropped food if it’s quickly scooped off the floor — is a bunch of baloney, according to Clemson University food scientist Paul Dawson, who stirred up the long debated issue in this month’s National Geographic.

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