The 10-second second rule is a 'dangerous myth' and could actually KILL you.

十秒钟的原则是“危险的空谈”而且可以使你致命。

Millions of people abide¹ by the so-called ‘ten-second rule’ - judging food as OK to eat if it only touches the floor momentarily.

上百万人都在遵守“10秒种原则”去判断短时间掉在地上的食物是否可以食用。

But researchers have branded the age-old convention a myth - and claim a third of us are putting our health at risk of a ‘silent killer’ by eating dirty food.

但是研究人员将这种由来已久的说法看作是虚无缥缈的，并且声称三分之一的人将通过吃脏的东西置自己于“隐形杀手”的危害健康的状态。

A survey has found that 37 per cent of those polled would eat food that was dropped on the kitchen floor, while 38 per cent would pick it off the living room floor and eat it.

一项调查显示参与调查的37%的人会吃掉在厨房地上的食物，而38%的人会吃掉在客厅的食物。

According to Dr Ackerley, the worst bacteria in our homes are ‘silent killers²’ that we cannot see or smell but that can multiply from a single bacterium³ to several million in just seven hours.

据阿克力博士称，我们居家最糟糕的“隐形杀手”细菌要数那些我们看不到也闻不到但是却可以在七个小时内从单一的个体繁殖成成千上万的细菌群了。

Rachelle Williams, of the Food Safety Information Council, said we need to consider the type of food before picking something up off the floor and eating it.

食品安全信息委员会的蕾切尔·威廉姆斯说，在我们捡起并食用这些食物的时候我们要考虑食物的种类。

'It all comes down to bacteria,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

她告诉澳洲每日邮报，“所有问题都归结到细菌本身。”