A microbiologist has revealed just how dirty a kitchen sink is even after cleaning. The results are alarming!

Tim Call, 32, has some bad news for germaphobes after testing his kitchen sink for bacteria before and after scrubbing it with hot water and soap.

Before the scrub down, the microbiologist, from Utah, US, discovered an abundance of bacteria in his own kitchen sink.

However, even after a lot of elbow grease with bacteria-killing supplies, the scientist found a shocking 45,000 original bacteria samples lurking behind.

Tim made the grim discovery by swabbing his sink before and after a clean and grew the bacteria in a petri-dish.

He shared his disturbing findings with his 203,000 followers on TikTok in a step-by-step explanation video.

The clip has since gone viral with 33.4 million views and 2.7 million likes with horrified users rushing to the comments to share their thoughts.

One worried person said: “But my dishes touch the sink… how does one avoid sink germs on freshly washed dishes?”

Another user wrote: “Yall realize there’s bacteria in literally everything right?”.

“The bacteria right there builds character,” joked another user.

Tim often posts to TikTok to educate others on just how dirty everyday items can be.

“I make this content because I’ve always been curious about what was growing around me and I wanted to visually see it. It’s starting to visually answer many questions that people have had".

A microbiologist has revealed just how dirty a kitchen sink is even after cleaning – and the results are alarming.

Tim Call, 32, has some bad news for germaphobes after testing his kitchen sink for bacteria before and after scrubbing it with hot water and soap.

Before the scrub down, the microbiologist, from Utah, US, discovered an abundance of bacteria in his own kitchen sink.

However, even after a lot of elbow grease with bacteria-killing supplies, the scientist found a shocking 45,000 original bacteria samples lurking behind.

Tim made the grim discovery by swabbing his sink before and after a clean and grew the bacteria in a petri-dish.

He shared his disturbing findings to his 203,000 followers on TikTok in a step-by-step explanation video.

The clip has since gone viral with 33.4 million views and 2.7 million likes with horrified users rushing to the comments to share their thoughts.

One worried person said: “But my dishes touch the sink… how does one avoid sink germs on freshly washed dishes?”

Another user wrote: “Yall realize there’s bacteria in literally everything right?”  [sic]

“The bacteria right there builds character,” joked another user.

“Don’t eat at anybodys house lol,” said someone else. [sic]

Another horrified user said: “So that means our plates….”

Others shared how they clean their own spaces to ensure there’s no bacteria leftover with one using saying: “We bleach our sink to clean it.”

“I use soft scrub but I would never put food in my sink,” added someone else.

A third person wrote: “I don’t use the sink to prep, I do clean my sink with soap and spray bleach.”

Tim often posts to TikTok to educated others on just how dirty every-day items can be.

“I make this content because I’ve always been curious about what was growing around me and I wanted to visually see it,” Tim told NeedToKnow.online.

“It’s starting to visually answer many questions that people have had.

“The grossest thing I have tested is a new matte drink that is becoming more popular called Kratom.

“It consistently has a high amount of bacteria contamination – hundred of thousands to millions and this is due to a poor quality control process found in the gathering and manufacturing locations of Kratom.

“The cleanest thing that I tested that surprised me was gas pumps at gas stations.

“I thought they would be filled with bacteria due to the amount of usage but was surprised to see there was very little growth – around five colonies grew. I hypothesise this is due to the gas fumes being antimicrobial.”

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