SMART PHONES COULD MAKE ONE VULNERABLE TO DISEASES
DUE TO OVER RELIANCE ON SMART PHONES, IT LEAVES USERS VULNERABLE TO DISEASE CAUSING BACTERIA.
ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, THE COMBINATION OF A CELL PHONE'S PROXIMITY TO THE EARS, NOSE & MOUTH WITH ITS BACTERIA-LOVING WARMTH, MEANS PEOPLE ARE EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO GERMS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THEIR HEALTH.
TESTS HAVE FOUND THAT SMARTPHONES TYPICALLY CARRY AS MANY GERMS AS THE HANDLE OF A BATHROOM DOOR & COMMON ILLNESS THAT CAN BE CAUGHT INCLUDE FLU, DIARRHOEA & EYE INFECTIONS. THE STUDIES POINT TO A LACK OF PROPER HYGIENE & ADEQUATE HAND-WASHING BY SMARTPHONE USERS.
THE TYPE OF GERMS FOUND ON YOUR CELLPHONE CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OTHER EVERYDAY DEVICES INCLUDING COMPUTERS, KEYS, PENS & LAND-LINE PHONES. HOWEVER, THE RISKS ARE GREATER FROM CELLPHONE USAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO ATTACHED TO THEM & TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE INCLUDING THEIR BED, THE TREADMILL, THE GYM, RESTAURANT TABLES & RESTROOMS.
SMARTPHONES CARRY AN ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBER OF COLIFORMS, A BACTERIA INDICATING FAECAL CONTAMINATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WERE BETWEEN 2,700- 4,200 UNITS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA WHEN TESTED IN MOST PHONES. IN DRINKING WATER, THE LIMIT IS LESS THAN ONE UNIT PER 100 ML OF WATER. FOR SOME OF THE BACTERIA, YOU NEED TO INGEST AS FEW AS 10 ORGANISMS TO GET SICK.
SO BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR SMARTPHONES TO VARIOUS PLACES, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SICK.
ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, THE COMBINATION OF A CELL PHONE'S PROXIMITY TO THE EARS, NOSE & MOUTH WITH ITS BACTERIA-LOVING WARMTH, MEANS PEOPLE ARE EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO GERMS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THEIR HEALTH.
TESTS HAVE FOUND THAT SMARTPHONES TYPICALLY CARRY AS MANY GERMS AS THE HANDLE OF A BATHROOM DOOR & COMMON ILLNESS THAT CAN BE CAUGHT INCLUDE FLU, DIARRHOEA & EYE INFECTIONS. THE STUDIES POINT TO A LACK OF PROPER HYGIENE & ADEQUATE HAND-WASHING BY SMARTPHONE USERS.
THE TYPE OF GERMS FOUND ON YOUR CELLPHONE CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OTHER EVERYDAY DEVICES INCLUDING COMPUTERS, KEYS, PENS & LAND-LINE PHONES. HOWEVER, THE RISKS ARE GREATER FROM CELLPHONE USAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO ATTACHED TO THEM & TAKE THEM EVERYWHERE INCLUDING THEIR BED, THE TREADMILL, THE GYM, RESTAURANT TABLES & RESTROOMS.
SMARTPHONES CARRY AN ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBER OF COLIFORMS, A BACTERIA INDICATING FAECAL CONTAMINATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WERE BETWEEN 2,700- 4,200 UNITS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA WHEN TESTED IN MOST PHONES. IN DRINKING WATER, THE LIMIT IS LESS THAN ONE UNIT PER 100 ML OF WATER. FOR SOME OF THE BACTERIA, YOU NEED TO INGEST AS FEW AS 10 ORGANISMS TO GET SICK.
SO BETTER THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR SMARTPHONES TO VARIOUS PLACES, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SICK.
Labels: Bacteria, cell phone, coliform
posted by G S Iyer at 10:12 AM
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