Ball pits are colorful, ... To conduct the study, researchers with the University of North Georgia looked at six different ball pits used in children’s physical therapy facilities.

Beware the ball pit. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy - similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families - may contribute to germ transmission between patients ...

DETROIT — Yes, ball pits are just as filthy as you'd expect. A study by the University of North Georgia found ball pits in physical therapy offices were crawling with microbes, including some ...

Are ball pits located in physical therapy clinical settings a source of pathogenic microorganisms? American Journal of Infection Control , 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.09.031 Cite This Page : ...

But experts say ball pits should be cleaned regularly. In fact, they found that the physical therapy clinics they studied sometimes didn't clean their ball pits for days or even weeks. More from ...

Pre-pandemic, ball pits were a thing. Filled with colorful plastic balls and teeming with kids, they were a staple of fast-food play areas, birthday parties and fun centers. Hip Instagrammable vers… ...

Ball pits have been enticing children to jump in since they started popping up in restaurant chains in the 1980s, but a new study found that kids are basically jumping into a sea of germs and ...

Beware of the ball pit. Scientists say the popular play place for children is not only filled with fun, but also disease-causing bacteria. It's not just public ball pits like those found in ...

Ball pits raised eyebrows even before the pandemic, ... A 2018 study found “considerable microbial colonization” including bacteria in ball pits that had been used for physical therapy.

Ball pits have been enticing children to jump in since they started popping up in restaurant chains in the 1980s, but a new study found that kids are basically jumping into a sea of germs and ...

DETROIT — Yes, ball pits are just as filthy as you'd expect. A study by the University of North Georgia found ball pits in physical therapy offices were crawling with microbes, including some ...

(WBZ/CBS Local) – Does your child just love to romp around in a pool of colorful balls? A new study finds that ball pits can be riddled with germs. Researchers at the University of North Georgia ...