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HERE'S something that stinks: one in six mobiles show traces of fecal matter. Next time - wash up before you dial up.
Research in the UK shows we need to take better care in the bathroom, with potentially nasty E. coli bacteria getting onto our handsets.
London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine released a study in conjunction with the University of London which suggests we're not doing a good enough job of washing our hands.
The world celebrated Global Handwashing Day at the weekend, and we might have a thing or two to learn about our habits at the basin.
Ninety-five per cent of participants in the study doth protest they wash - yet 9 out of 10 phones and 8 out of 10 pairs of hands are carrying bacteria.
The ratio of phones - 1 in 6 - carrying E. coli matched the ratio of dirty hands carrying the matter.
"The mobile phone is a lovely area for some of the bacteria that we actually started to grow," said Dr Ron Cutler from the study.
"As you speak on your phone too much, it heats up."
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