90% of U.S. Paper Money Contains Traces of Cocaine
>CNN reports that research has found that 90% of U.S. paper bills contain traces of cocaine.
Research presented this weekend reinforced previous findings that 90 percent of paper money circulating in U.S. cities contains traces of cocaine.
"When I was a young kid, my mom told me the dirtiest thing in the world is money," said the researcher, Yuegang Zuo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. "Mom is always right."
Fortunately, experts say the trace of amounts of cocaine are not enough to cause someone to get sick. However, the germs found on paper money is another matter.
