After Reading This, You Will Never Use Your Phone In A Toilet Again (Read)

Sometimes we all take a phone into the toilet.

But it is a very dangerous habit! You can expose

yourself and others to germs like salmonella, E.

Coli and C.

“If you wipe your bum then pick up your phone,

you may as well not bother washing your hands

because all the bacteria you put on your phone

will end up back on your hands,” hygiene expert

Dr. Lisa Ackerley told.

So what we all should do? Dr. Ron Cutler,

director of biomedical science degrees at Queen

Mary’s University London, said: “Basically, you

just shouldn’t (take your phone into the toilet) if

you are at all concerned about the transfer of

viruses and fecal contamination.”

He said that levels of contamination vary widely

depending on where the toilet is. A small office

may not be a problem, but a hospital or a cruise

ship where viruses may be circulating are

different.

Remember, viruses transfer not only by hands. It

is the main way, but not the only one. “Spray

could travel around six feet from the flush,” Dr.

Ackerley said.

That’s why you shouldn’t leave your toothbrush

close to the toilet and put your phone down on

the toilet roll holder or any shelf that might be

there.

By the way, germs could survive up to a couple of

days on your phone! “Phones heat up a little bit

giving bacteria a nice warm environment,” Dr.

Ron Cutler said. “If people handle sweets and

leave a sticky coating on the phone, that’s an

even better place for bacteria.”

So don’t forget to wash your hands with soap and

water and leave the phone in your bag before

visiting the toilet!