THE HEALTH EFFECT OF HANDLING                      PAPER CURRENCY        Paper money is a country's official paper currency that is circulated for transaction-related purposes of goods and services.Paper money are made from cotton paper which are sometimes mixed with linen, important documents are printed on cotton paper because they last many years without deterioration; hence the use of cotton paper to make paper notes.       According to recent studies, money could be a means through which germs and other bacteria can be transmitted from one person to another .The daily transactions have made the paper currency to pass through many hands and pathogens become imbedded on them. The key transmission route with the paper currency is contact. Studies show that microorganisms survive on hands after transfer of paper currency for about 5mins.            Ways Paper Currency Get                     Contaminated . * Prolonged exposure of paper currency to water or other liq