Researchers have has found that we touch our phones up to 150 times a day.
Really? There is more… scientists in the
U.S. have discovered 7,000 types of bacteria on 51 phone samples. Some harmless, some not. Nice!
‘When you use your phone it heats up, providing the perfect conditions for
bacteria to multiply,’ says Laura Bowater, a microbiologist at the University
of East Anglia.
‘Enterococcus [found in faeces] and pseudomonas bacteria [animals and
soil], both of which cause nasty pathogenic infections, have been discovered on
phones. Phones with keypads are worse, as they have crevices. Clean yours every
day with antibacterial wipes, or as often as you can.’
Good advice if ever I heard it!
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