subject: The Number Of Bacteria In Cell Phones Has Surpassed The Toilet Handle [print this page] Cell phones are indispensable in our daily life, but after you read this article, you may never want to use a cell phone.
A correlative test shows that the number of harmful bacteria in an ordinary cell phone is 18 times more than a flush handle in a men's toilet.
An analysis of handsets found that nearly a quarter of the using cellphones were very dirty, the number of bacteria in a cell phone is 10 times more than the acceptable level of bacteriological safety.
One of the tested cell phones carries very high volume of bacteria, and this can make users feel serious stomach ache symptom.
Although these bacteria do not immediately make people sick, but the quantity of bacteria in cell phones is so high, it shows that we should be worried about people's health habits, and this will become a breeding ground for other bacteria.
The test was conducted by the United Kingdom "What?Journal sampled a total of 30 cell phones. The survey showed that among the 63 million cell phones ( China cell phone ) which British were using now, there were 14.7 million cell phones may do harm to peoples health.
The health expert who detected these cell phones Jim Francis said: "If the number of harmful bacteria in a cell phone exceeds the acceptable range. The phone needs to eliminate the bacteria."
The number of bacteria in the dirtiest cell phone was 10 times more than the acceptable level, in addition, there were seven cell phones which carry bacteria exceeded the standard.
In addition, the number of Enterobacteriaceae in the dirtiest cell phone was 39 times more than the acceptable level. Enterobacteriaceae is a kind of bacteria who survive in the small intestine of human and animal, such as Salmonella.
The number of fecal coliform in this cell phone is 170 times more than the acceptable value. Fecal coliform is a kind of bacteria who exist in human stool.
The bacteria were found in cell phones which can cause poisoning including Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus gold, but the amount of these bacteria were within the safe range.
The researcher of "What? magazine Race Li Sitanewei said:" Most of the bacteria in the cell phone do not immediately make you sick, but they may be more dirty than imagined. "
