August 4th, 2006, 22:58
(I've also read that the dirtiest item in a hotel room is frequently the TV remote)
Aug. 4, 2006 тАФ We've seen George Bush chat away on a cell phone, not to mention Paris Hilton. And don't forget Maxwell Smart, the secret agent who used his shoe for a phone.
Believe it or not, his shoe phone could have been cleaner than your cell phone.
When people in New York City were asked which they thought was dirtier тАФ the sole of your shoe, a toilet seat or a cell phone тАФ the answer was overwhelmingly the toilet seat.
But they were wrong тАФ your cell phone is filthier.
New research out of the United Kingdom found mobile phones are a technological petri dish for tens of thousands of germs.
Why? Germs multiply in warm places. Between the heat the phones generate and the germs on faces and hands, you've got a bacterial breeding ground.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=2273311
Aug. 4, 2006 тАФ We've seen George Bush chat away on a cell phone, not to mention Paris Hilton. And don't forget Maxwell Smart, the secret agent who used his shoe for a phone.
Believe it or not, his shoe phone could have been cleaner than your cell phone.
When people in New York City were asked which they thought was dirtier тАФ the sole of your shoe, a toilet seat or a cell phone тАФ the answer was overwhelmingly the toilet seat.
But they were wrong тАФ your cell phone is filthier.
New research out of the United Kingdom found mobile phones are a technological petri dish for tens of thousands of germs.
Why? Germs multiply in warm places. Between the heat the phones generate and the germs on faces and hands, you've got a bacterial breeding ground.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=2273311