The first thing children do when they arrive at The Children’s Center at Carolina Park is walk to the sink and wash their hands, Director Chris Marino said.
Watch a small child for a few minutes, and you’ll watch their hands get dirty. They put toys in their mouths. They touch the floor and suck their fingers.
“Just think about kids and all the surfaces they touch in day care,” said Angela Fraser, associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Clemson University.
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