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===Other=== A 2014 study by biology students at [[Aston University]] in England suggested that there may be a basis for the five-second rule.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.aston.ac.uk/news/releases/2014/march/five-second-food-rule-does-exist/index.aspx|title=Researchers prove the five-second rule is real|website=Aston University}}</ref> Anthony Hilton, head of microbiology at Aston University, indicated in 2017 that food dropped on a seemingly clean floor for a few moments can be eaten with minimal risk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/five-second-rule-food-dropped-floor-germs-scientists-professor-anthony-hilton-aston-university-a7629391.html|title='Five-second rule' for food dropped on the floor approved by germ scientists|author=Ryan Hooper|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2017|publisher=The Independent (UK)}}</ref> According to Hilton, moist foods that are left on the floor for more than 30 seconds are contaminated with 10 times more bacteria than food that has been left on the floor for 3 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenemeier |first=Larry |title=Fact or Fiction?: The 5-Second Rule for Dropped Food |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-the-5-second-rule-for-dropped-food/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref>
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