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There’s no area that SEEMS more contaminated with germs than a men’s public restroom. Between the homeless people, guys with bad aim, and glorious anonymous male-on-male erotic love, just setting foot in a men’s bathroom makes me want to shower.

–So this is pretty mind-blowing: According to a study out of England, your cell phone has almost 18 TIMES more living bacteria on it than the toilet handle in a men’s public restroom. Seriously.

–Cell phones are perfect spots for bacteria to thrive: We touch them constantly without washing our hands . . . keep them stored in warm places like pockets and purses . . . and rarely ever clean them.

–In the study, researchers swabbed 30 cell phones and found that about one out of four had bacteria levels that were high enough to give a person stomach problems.

–The website Ranker.com recently put together a list of the 10 dirtiest things you touch every day. And cell phones came in fourth, behind money, light switches, and computer keyboards.

–The rest of the top 10 are toilet seats, shopping carts, remote controls, bathtubs, kitchen sinks, and sponges.

Source- Krackblog.com