The science is in: wearing shoes inside your home is just plain gross | Mark Patrick Taylor and Gabriel Filippelli for the Conversation

From lead to E Coli to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, the filth that clings to your soles is best left outside, environmental chemists say

You probably clean your shoes if you step in something muddy or disgusting (please pick up after your dog!). But when you get home, do you always de-shoe at the door?

Plenty of Australians don't. For many, what you drag in on the bottom of your shoes is the last thing on the mind as one gets home.