Gross Stat of the Day: 16 Percent of Cell Phones Have Poop on Them
Gross Stat of the Day: 16 Percent of Cell Phones Have Poop on Them
Posted 11/10/2011 at 1:19pm
| by Paul Lilly
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Fair warning: If you're a hypochondriac, germaphobe, or just hate gross things, stop reading right now and go wash your hands, your cell phone, your keyboard, and your light switches. Don't ask why, just do it, and when you're finished, go ahead and scrub your Wii Fit Balance Board, computer printer, and remote controls. Whatever you do, don't take a peek at KeepingItKleen.com's latest Tech Germs infographics, some of those stats you won't be able to flush from your mind.
One of them is already ingrained into your noggin thanks to the title above, but your cell phone isn't the only thing that might be nasty. According to Keeping It Kleen, keyboards are five times dirtier than a toilet seat and are 150 times over the acceptable limit for bacteria levels. A can of compressed air will knock those Pizza Pocket crumbs out from the crevices, but the real solution is to wipe your keyboard with a disinfectant cloth or use a cloth with dish soap diluted with water, Keeping It Kleen says.
If you sneeze on your electronics, be aware that resulting cold and flu germs can stay on a surface for up to 48 hours. Oh, and don't lick a remote control, Keeping It Kleen says (seriously).
Check out the nasty infographic here (don't worry, it's safe for work, it's just icky to read).
Image Credit: KeepingItKleen.com
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firefox91
November 11, 2011 at 2:13pm
This is one of those fear mongering things. Yes, we live with germs and fungus. We always have, it is always there. You can't possibly make your whole home sterile. These very things are what our immune systems use to fight off illness. If you are the type to sanitize your house constantly, you are still going to get sick. But now it will be 10 times worse because you didn't let your immune system do it's job. I bet those moms who sanitize everything still can't figure out why their kid is sick all the time.
Keith E. Whisman
November 10, 2011 at 8:18pm
I wonder if there is a lot of cum and pee as well on my iphone.
d3v
November 10, 2011 at 7:26pm
Well it need not be human poop. My car gets peppered with bird shit all the time. The stuff turns to dust so microscopic amounts of it end up covering everything. So if I touch my car and then my cell phone I get it on my cell phone too.
kamikaji
November 10, 2011 at 6:05pm
Oh please, who cares about all this shit? I dont sanitize any of that and I'm still breathing.
Conal_keaney
November 10, 2011 at 3:32pm
Wow I totally agree with the keyboard stat. I have had to fix laptops for friends or friend's of my friends and let me tell you, I have gotten scary looking keyboards. I often wonder wtf is that on the keyboard sometimes. I sometimes have to clean and disinfect the keyboard before I start fixing anything.
jbwhite99
November 10, 2011 at 3:09pm
Well, people say that out of a million apps in the iTunes app store, 900k of them are fart apps, so this makes sense.
blkpanthr
November 10, 2011 at 2:18pm
Thats just nasty....
How in the name of all that is holy, can you get feces on a cell phone? (the obvious taking a dump on it aside)
Neufeldt2002
November 10, 2011 at 2:28pm
Think about all the kids that take their phones into the bathroom to text and what ever pics that they decided to send to their boyfriends/girlfriends, and then ask how many actually washed their hands after.
Keith E. Whisman
November 12, 2011 at 10:45am
thats exactly why I don't shake hands anymore. it's the fist pump for me. If they don't want to fist pump then I call them a pussy to their face. I usually get a fist after that.
blkpanthr
November 10, 2011 at 3:17pm
That still seems unrealistic unless they are wiping their ass with it...
Kids are filthy buggers i guess...
lol
kixofmyg0t
November 10, 2011 at 1:54pm
Even better fact.....16% of Smartphones are Blackberry's.....
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