Airport security is there to protect you, but it may also give you the sniffles — or worse.
To all the places and surfaces we’ve been warned are teeming with germs or bacteria — your pets, the train seat, airplane cabins, the ATM — add the airport security tray.
The plastic trays — used at airport checkpoints around the globe and touched by millions of passengers as they drop shoes, laptops, luggage and other items into them to clear X-ray scanners — have been found to contain a variety of germs, including the ones responsible for the common cold, according to researchers in Europe.
