Beware the airplane tray table

AFTER microbiologists sampled five airports, four flights, two airlines, revealed is regularly cleaned aircraft johns are not the least tidy spot.

Tray tables, cleaned not between flights but mostly at day’s end, carry eight times more bacteria. Hand sani tizer is advised to eliminate direct contact. Other nono spots: seatbelt buckles, overhead vents and the absolute least sanitary place? Drinking fountain buttons.

Tests were done by the National Science Foundation.