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Your iPhone Is Dirtier Than a Toilet
A new study reveals that touchscreen phones have 18 times more bacteria than a toilet handle. Grossed out? Here's how to clean up your act before flu season hits.
Posted 10/ 15 10 at 4:00 PM | News, Technology, Business Travel, Computer Hardware, Environmental Services, Health, Telecommunications
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Be careful when handling your iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry or Droid. No, not for fear of scratching them -- these otherwise lifesaving devices may actually be hazardous to your health. In fact, new research suggests a cell phone has 18 times the amount of bacteria found on a toilet handle."If you put a virus on a surface, like an iPhone, about 30 percent of it will get on your fingertips," says Timothy Julian, a Stanford University doctoral student who co-authored the study on the spread of viruses. And it won't be long before you touch your eyes, nose or mouth -- the mucous membranes through which many viruses get into the body.
Since flu season is just around the corner, it seems these touchscreen devices may be to blame for at least some sick days and trips to the pharmacy. But there are products and tips out there to help you keep your phone -- and body -- free of germs. CleenCell, a Los Angeles-based startup, offers moistened wipes to clean your touchscreen without damaging the LCD screen, while VIOLight has a UV sanitizer for cell phones that claims to destroy 99.9 percent of germs. There is, of course, also the old-fashioned way: washing your hands frequently.
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Where can I buy iWipe?
AOL must be making a fortune advertising these little things. They are slick, so slick that they could slide up a tree. Their method is to make it sound like a "news flash."
AOL posts it, adds some "research," then mentions a few dealers who will save your life.
The first post: This person could not buy it fast enough. Where do I get it quick, I will pay any thing, cost be da____!
Think for yourselves people. For over a hundred years what have we been using to sanitize? Well, if used properly it will not have a negative impact on the electronics. You will save a 20 at least. Then with that savings you can feed some American kid who has not had a decent meal in two years; dad lost his job in this sour economy....and he refuses to take government aid, too proud to take food stamps.
Go wash your dirty hands!
Gposner29-you are such a pig. I bet the only girl friend you have ever had is your right hand.
Sadly, so is my girlfriend, Lucy!
I thought there was an app for that?
Can yoo say, "Bullshit"? Most bacteria is NOT bad for you, it's just a very few that will hurt you.
Doorknobs are dirtier. The dirtiest thing is money, both coins and bills.
No, the dirtiest thing is Amy Winehouse.....
If the handle of a toilet is dirty, and your I-Phone is 18 times dirtier, imagine the keys of a drive up teller machine or walk- up teller! Oh gross!
this is guarenteed a million times dirtier...The promises of the democratic party!
1) If the virus is on your phone, then isn't it most likely that YOU put it there, and therefore have already been exposed to it? 2) It's a wonder the human race has survived this long without all these sanitizers and other products created to make germaphobes feel warm and cozy. It's a good thing we have IMMUNE SYSTEMS, you psychos.