NEWS YOU CAN USE: Scientists shocked by what they found on ATMs.

Scientists have taken a close look at the automated teller machines (ATMs) that we use all the time, absent-mindedly punching in a PIN and receiving cash, and found something rather alarming: microbes from fish, chicken and baked goods found on the surfaces of keypads throughout New York City.

The findings were published in the American Society for Microbiology. In the course of their research, scientists collected a large variety of microbes and bacteria that make their way from human hands to the surfaces of ATM keypads. It shows that there’s just no escaping the massive amount of bacteria that surrounds on a daily basis.

Maybe there’s something to the cashless society after all.