Your touchscreen phone is a petri dish

By on Oct 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM
mobile October 15, 2010

A new study out of Stanford University shows that our touchscreen cellphones are some of the dirtiest, filthiest, bacteria-harboring vessels out there. How dirty? The study found that an average cell phone has 18x more bacteria than a toilet handle in a men’s public-restroom. In addition to having more bacteria, the fact that we use our fingers to interact with the device is also quite a problem. The Stanford study found that once the germs are on the devices, 30% of the germs will make their way on to your hands, and from there… well, you know, you rub your eyes, mouth, etc. And some of you wonder why you always catch me with a Purell bottle.

[Via Engadget] [Image Credit: The Oatmeal]

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  • Sheep Dog

    Friggin germaphobes……Makes me think of George Carlin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmMNdiCz_s

  • Matt

    I shower with my phone everyday. ..

    • Smh

      White people are nasty

      • Ld

        This is a dirty world. Period. Regardless of race what an ignorant thing to say. “white people are dirty”

  • michael scott

    My face is a petri dish…found out that I have herpes.

  • Ahmad Shafat

    Live life ,stop analyzing it.

  • rob

    my functioning immune system does not care about this post.

  • maggied

    If someone said black people or puerto rican people were dirty, there would be an uproar! People in general are dirty, it has nothing to do with the color of your skin. Minorities think theyre being abused by whites. If you want to stop this senselessness, then dont become a part of the problem!

  • redsand

    I hate non solution oriented articles…. where is the cure/solution/ or at least a remedy. Is it” hospital like” alcohol sterilization pads???

  • Nico

    I just wipe my phone down with an alcohol pad. Especially if someone has touched or used it.

    And putting the phone in a plastic baggy won’t do much good, cause the baggy will still get germs on it…

  • caz i said so

    Part of the solution is to stop using your cell phone in the bathroom. The other is to wipe it down with purell.

  • http://wirelesswipes.com Lisa

    I’ve been using Wireless Wipes on my cell phone, computer screen and computer keyboard. It cleans and disenfects…leaving a very pleasant scent.
    I ordered mine online at

    wirelesswipes.com

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