Toilet seats are far cleaner than the average mobile
phone – a shocking new study has revealed.


Initial Washroom Hygiene took swab samples from
smartphones and found the average device is
nearly seven times dirtier than a loo seat.

Those clad in leather cases harboured the most
bacteria and even phones in easier-to-clean plastic
cases have more than six times the germs found
on loo seats, reports Mail Online.

Initial Washroom Hygiene took swabs using a
handheld device which highlights live microbes on
the surface.

While loo swabs showed bacteria on around 220
areas around the seat, the average mobile phone
boasted a disgusting 1,479 such spots.

Experts have warned that mobiles become filthy
because people take them into the bathroom.
Professor Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of
bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen told the
Mail: “Swabbing a smartphone is almost like
checking your handkerchief for germs.

“You are likely to find them because of the close
physical contact you have with this device several
times a day.”

He said that the bugs on mobiles will “probably be
people’s own bacteria so the likelihood of passing
on disease is low”.

However, Prof Penning added, “it might be ill-
advised to pass smartphones around between
people.”

Earlier this year, disgusting pictures were released
showing smartphones covered in bacteria.

Swabs were taken from an iPhone 6, Samsung
Galaxy 8 and Google Pixel to test for the levels of
aerobic bacteria, yeast and mould present.

The phones’ screens had the highest levels of
bacteria, with 100 colony forming units (CFU) per
cm2 for the Samsung Galaxy, 40 CFU for the
iPhone, and 12 CFU for the Google Pixel.

The study, carried out for Insurance2go, said this
compared to 24 CFU on a toilet seat and flush.
Other heavily affected areas for the phones include
the back of the handset, the lock button and the
home button.


Meanwhile, a beauty blender was found to have 24
CFU per cm2, while a make-up brush had 0.4
CFU, with high levels of mould, the MailOnline
reported.

The study found 5 CFU per cm2 of yeast and
bacteria on an office keyboard and mouse.
A third of people in the UK admit to never cleaning
their phone, with one in 20 cleaning their phones
less than once every six months.

Dr Shirin Lakhani, from Elite Aesthetics, said: “Our
smartphones are a really big source of skin
contamination and skin problems, namely acne.
“High concentrations of microscopic bacteria from
your phone's screen mixed with oil and makeup
from the skin, along with heat from the phone,
breeds more bacteria.

“This can clog pores and often result in
inflammation and acne.

“To combat these problems use a headset when on
the phone for a lengthy period of time and regularly
wipe your smartphone with an alcohol wipe to
remove as much bacteria as possible before using
it."



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so wetin make we do nw....hw we wan take dae clean d fone? FTC hapi sunday