July 17, 2007
Cell Phones Cause Skin Infections
Here's one more ailment that can befall cell phone users: skin infections. Switched on reports.
According to Professor Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona, cell phones "are dirtier than a toilet seat". He figured out, like many others, that cell phones are riddled with germs and bacteria. And he believes that they can cause skin infections.
"In an informal on-the-street test he ran 11 phones through his "germ meter" test, which counted the number of nasties on the phones. Five of the phones failed that test, meaning they had thousands of types of bacteria. Gerba says that isn't necessarily a problem so long as they all come from your own skin. Once you start sharing a cell phone is when things can get ugly."
Related:
-- The Average Mobile Phone Contains More Bacteria Than A Toilet Seat
-- Bacterial Paranoia And Device Handling
-- New Motorola Phone Fights Dirty Germs
-- Phone Clean is "the world first mobile cleaning system
-- Patents for hygiene treatment of cell phones on the rise
-- A mobile-phone charger with a sterilization function
-- Sterlize your cell phone while having an ice cream
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