I'm not asking - it's a piece in today's Times!
Talk about clean-freakery - it's telling you how often you should clean/wash everything from mobile phone to sheets/towels/duvets - and did you know you should vacuum all your curtains from top to bottom once a WEEK?
I've never done any of it as often as they say - often not nearly as often - and we're all still fit and healthy. How anyone working would ever find the time - let alone inclination - for it all, defeats me.
As for anyone no longer working - including me - I'm sure most of us have better things to do! Even if it's just curling up on the sofa with a good book.
And I'm sure one piece of advice they give is plain wrong. While synthetic pillows can be washed, 'those filled with feathers need to be dry cleaned'.
Quite apart from the cost of doing that 'every other month', I'm sure I've read that lingering dry-cleaning fumes can be toxic. I'm sure duvets should not be dry cleaned for this very reason - ours are laundered once a year - not 'every 3 months'. Apart from anything else it's quite expensive.
In any case, if you have a tumble drier, washing feather pillows is so easy, and a hot tumble will surely see off any dust mites.
One thing I do do - having read Bill Bryson's chapter on dust mites in 'A short history of nearly everything' is wash our feather pillows regularly - though not every other month.
Has anyone else seen the article?
And if so, what did you think?
