Tales from the Tabs
‘Mobile Phones have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles’
The Daily Mail is at it again this morning, having now decided to ruin the prospect of using your mobile without washing your hands. According to the British tabloid, the average handset carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than the flush handle on a men’s toilet.
The findings come from a sample of 30 phones by Which? Magazine, which suggested that nearly a quarter of handsets had over ten times an acceptable level of TVC bacteria and that 14.7 million of the 63 million UK mobile phones, could be ‘potential health hazards.’
Hygiene expert Jim Francis stated that ‘The levels of potentially harmful bacteria on one mobile were off the scale. That phone needs sterilising.’
Which? Researcher Ceri Stanaway added: ‘The bugs can end up on your hands, which is a breeding ground and be passed back to your phone. They can be transferred back and forth and eventually you could catch something nasty.’
