Is Your Phone A Piece Of Crap? -- Study Finds High Rate Of Fecal Matter On Cellphones - Polidicks

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][release] Global [SUB][SUP][URL=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/16/cellphones-fecal-ecoli-survey-hygience_n_1010922.html?ir=Weird%20News /][img]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/favicon.ico[/img][/URL][/SUP][/SUB] - [b]Is Your Phone A Piece Of Crap? -- Study Finds High Rate Of Fecal Matter On Cellphones[/b] About one in six cellphones tested in the U.K. had traces of E. coli bacteria from fecal matter, a new study released for Global Handwashing Day suggests. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London travelled to 12 cities in Britain, took 390 samples from cellphones and hands and then analyzed the samples in the lab to record the type and number of germs. [B]The findings included:[/B] - Although 95 per cent of people said they washed their hands with soap where possible, 92 per cent of phones and 82 per cent of hands had bacteria on them. - 16 per cent of hands and 16 per cent of phones were found to harbour E. coli bacteria that are associated with stomach upsets. - Those who had bacteria on their hands were three times as likely to have bacteria on their phones. "The mobile phone is a lovely area for some of the bacteria that we actually started to grow," said Dr. Ron Cutler of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img_thumb]http://www.ecoliblog.com/uploads/image/ecoli.jpg[/img_thumb] [SUB][I]Ecoli.[/I][/SUB][/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [release] "As you speak on your phone too much, it heats up." Fecal bacteria can survive on hands and surfaces for hours, especially in warmer temperatures away from sunlight; it is easily transferred by touch to door handles, food and cellphones, the researchers said. If ingested, E.coli can cause diarrhea, extreme abdominal cramping and pain, nausea and vomiting, and in extreme cases, death. A strain of E. coli O157 was implicated in a fatal outbreak of food poisoning in Germany in June. [B]Cleaning and phones[/B] Public health experts advise people to wash their hands carefully after using the washroom. Handwashing tips include: - Take time to wash properly — long enough the sing the Happy birthday song twice. - Remove jewelry. - Wash both the front and back of hands. - Scrub fingers including under fingernails. - Use soap and water. In Calgary, Kevin Wolf was an eager iPhone enthusiast waiting in line for a new model. "I bet you a lot of people use their phones in the bathroom," Wolf said when learning of the British findings. "That's really gross. Thanks for putting that in my mind." Farther down the line, the results didn't seem to bother Joe Eisenlohr. "As far as I am concerned, probably everything in the world has fecal matter on it. Just wash your hands and don't put things in your mouth I guess." Besides handwashing, CBC medical specialist Dr. Karl Kabasele suggested keeping cellphones and workstations clean by wiping them down with solutions that contain at least 60 per cent alcohol to cut down on the spread of germs. Every year, 3.5 million children under the age of five are killed by pneumonia and diarrheal diseases that can be prevented by handwashing, the researchers noted. Global Handwashing Day, held on Oct. 15 every year, aims to make handwashing with soap an automatic behaviour. The coalition behind the awareness campaign includes GlaxoSmithKline, Initial Washroom Solutions, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Sanofi Pasteur MSD, School Councils UK, Queen Mary, University of London, The Ideas Foundation and Wellcome Trust. [/release]

[quote]"As far as I am concerned, probably everything in the world has fecal matter on it. Just wash your hands and don't put things in your mouth I guess."[/quote] Pretty much what I think of this non-story. The amount of bacteria, viruses and other microscopic bullshit we're covered in makes this pretty irrelevant.

[QUOTE=Singo;32819757] 390 samples [/QUOTE] Is not really enough to conclude that all cellphones are the same. For all we know they could all be sewage workers or involved in 2 girls 1 cup. But I suppose in the article it mentions that everything has shit on it. Well shit....

Well my iPhone is a piece of crap

not surprised most phones are pieces of shit thats why mine stunk

This is because everyone sits and texts while they shit.

[quote]- Those who had bacteria on their hands were three times as likely to have bacteria on their phones.[/quote] No shit?

What a shitty article... No but really, They need to do reports on if its also on Computer mouses and Keyboards...

[QUOTE=Best4bond;32820072]What a shitty article... No but really, They need to do reports on if its also on Computer mouses and Keyboards...[/QUOTE] Probably dead sperm cells.

Eww! Cooties!

[quote]- Wash both the front and back of hands. - Use soap and water.[/quote] There's the problem right there. If someone has to be told those two things then yeah, you know everything they touch has shit on it.

Wow! I had no idea! Wow!

People text while shitting. They wash their hands and not their phones, easy enough.

this is why I wash my hands like a freak every day

[QUOTE=bord2tears;32820633]People text while shitting. They wash their hands and not their phones, easy enough.[/QUOTE] I don't know about you, but I don't shit through my hands. You can be sitting there, holding your phone and texting while the logs roll out- no poop on the hands. Then it's time to wipe, so you put your phone down(I do anyways), and wipe. Now wash, using soap and water. Dry your hands off and you are ready to use your phone again without getting shit all over it.

[QUOTE=Best4bond;32820072]What a shitty article... No but really, They need to do reports on if its also on Computer mouses and Keyboards...[/QUOTE] They have in the past, and on shared keyboards they found [B]every single bodily fluid [/B]the human body can excrete.

brb bleaching phone.

have you ever noticed that bacteria is [B]EVERYWHERE?????[/B]

[QUOTE=garychencool;32821158]have you ever noticed that bacteria is [B]EVERYWHERE?????[/B][/QUOTE] This is news to me!?

Phones have shit on them, that's not really news. I'm more curious how many people actually succumb to phone-born illness.

We eat food with bateria in it, well the good ones.

Somebody is smearing their shit on the assembly line...

[QUOTE=Jsm;32821094]They have in the past, and on shared keyboards they found [B]every single bodily fluid [/B]the human body can excrete.[/QUOTE] i think i just barfed a little in my mouth

Who in the uk calls their mobile a "cell phone"

Im never touching any ones phone ever again or until i forget i read this article

Wash with Borax all day.

Is using hand sanitizer after using a public restroom good enough?

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So you touch the faucet with your dirty hands but you turn it off with a towel/sleeve. Lrn 2 vice versa

[QUOTE=Map in a box;32823354]So you touch the faucet with your dirty hands but you turn it off with a towel/sleeve. Lrn 2 vice versa[/QUOTE] um bacteria is on the faucet it doesn't matter if you touch it before you wash because you're washing so you avoid the bacteria at the end by not directly touching the faucet I can't believe I have to explain this