This may not be a shock to most people with say, common sense, but a new study has found that touchscreen devices are just riddled with germs and other bacteria. Hope you got a flu shot already. According to the Sacramento Bee, a Stanford University study has found that the risks of transmitting germs and bacteria between a glass or touchscreen surface to human skin is fairly high. For example, if a virus is sitting on top of your iPhone, it is likely that 30-percent of that will make it to your fingertips.
The Bee continues on with some additional scary stats. Take this one from Proporta, a company that sells antimicrobial cases, which asserts that "the average mobile phone has 25,127 germs per square inch". This isn't exactly the first time anyone has considered studying this. Just take this one example from Manchester Metropolitan University a few years back that found the inside of a cell phone is dirtier than the bottom of a shoe.
Read more of Study: Touchscreen devices harbor germs from ZDNet.
Filed under: Mobile Phones
Share This Post on Twitter Just Click Tweet Button
0 comments:
Post a Comment