SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Maybe you should make another wish the next time you have birthday cake -- that your guests won't get sick. A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday cake ...

Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of Food ...

NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - Not that anyone is going to stop the practice, but a new study warns that when someone blows out candles on a cake there can be as much as 1,400 percent more bacteria on the cake.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- You may want to rethink accepting a slice of cake after the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles. A recent study, "Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on ...

Talk about a birthday buzzkill. Blowing out birthday candles causes an astronomical increase in bacteria covering the cake, a new study says. This is the latest discovery from the same food safety ...

To a mask-wearing populace purposefully engaged in the avoidance of all things breath and spit, the practice of blowing out birthday candles is an act that could turn a happy celebrant into a social ...

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Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of Food ...