Germs, germs, germs
For a start the bathroom is a hotbed of germs, which can easily be collected on your digi friend.
Initial Washroom Hygiene swabbed smartphones and found that average reading across all the mobile phones was 1479.
Just to give you an idea of how germ-y this is, a reading of over 500 units from an object indicates a high level of contamination, 200-500 is the normal range, and under 200 is low.
“Our phones are a common reservoir for potentially harmful pathogens and bacteria, and we know that people are prone to using them while visiting the washroom,” explains Dr Colm Moore area technical manager for Initial Washroom Hygiene.
“This is especially alarming when you consider that up to 80% of all infections are transmitted by touch. So when people use their phones and put it in close proximity to their mouths when on calls, they are potentially increasing the likelihood of picking up an illness.”
While many of the pathogens found on phones can be harmless, some can lead to some pretty nasty health ailments.
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