A new study has been released this week that says your beard might not be as clean as you thought:

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The study says that men's beards contain enteric bacteria, (the kind found in fecal matter). The study was commissioned by a TV station in New Mexico. The things the study does not say was how many people where "surveyed" or what conditions the beards where in before the samples were taken.

Here is more information about the survey: 

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