Next time you think about sharing your friend's cellphone, beware! Apparently it's more dirty than the toilet seats! Yikes!!!
[DIV class=headline] [H1][FONT color=#ff0000]What's Dirtier, Cell Phone or Toilet Seat? [/FONT][/H1]
[DIV class=dek] [H2]Your Cell Phone Is a Breeding Ground for Bacteria [/H2]
New research out of the United Kingdom found mobile phones are a technological petri dish for tens of thousands of germs.
Why? Germs multiply in warm places. Between the heat the phones generate and the germs on faces and hands, you've got a bacterial breeding ground.
"You put it in a warm place, you hold it in your hand, you put it in your pocket like I do, it's nice and warm," said microbiologist Chuck Gerba. "Bacteria like that. It can grow in these types of places."
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