Get rid of your dirty phones 手機比馬桶柄更髒

Mobile Phones vs. Toilet Handle, Which Is Dirtier?

The answer is mobile phones!!

A U.K. study tested 30 mobile phones for levels of potentially harmful bacteria, or the total viable bacterial count (TVC). High TVC levels don’t pose any immediate harm, but usually indicate poor hygiene. The results revealed that 25% exceeded the acceptable TVC by 10 times and have 18 times the TVC as a handle on a public restroom toilet. The Which? magazine study suggests that 14.7 million of the 63 million phones being used in the U.K. could pose a health risk, the report said.

One phone’s TVC level was so high it put its owner at risk of a serious stomach ache, the report said. The phone with the most bacteria had more than ten times the acceptable level, as well as 39 times the safe level of enterobacteria, which includes Salmonella. The tests also found E. coli and staphylococcus aureus, among other food poisoning bugs, but at safe levels. There was also 170 times the acceptable level of the bacteria associated with human waste, fecal coliforms. full story

手機的細菌比沖廁手柄多出18倍！

在目前這種人人「機不離手」的社會，這項由英國消費者雜誌《Which?》所作的抽樣調查報告，確實讓人心驚膽跳。該雜誌對30部手機進行是次檢測，結果顯示近四分之一的手機因為太過骯髒，它們帶有的總活菌數量是可接受水平的10倍，可導致手機使用者嚴重腸胃不適。負責的衛生專家弗朗西斯(Jim Francis)表示：「其中一部手機的可能有害細菌水平大幅超標，因此需要消毒。」 最不衛生的手機帶有的總活菌數量超過可接受水平10倍，另有7部超出標準。　　

雖然這些骯髒的手機不會馬上給人們帶來什麼危害，但是卻因個人衛生情況惡劣，導致其他細菌可以在此繁殖。例如最差的手機帶有大量的細菌，其腸內菌是安全水平的39倍。腸內菌是一批生長在人類及動物下腸道的細菌，包括沙門氏菌等。而它的糞大腸菌，是可接受水平的170倍。其他細菌包括引致食物中毒的大腸桿菌及金黃葡萄球菌，但是都處於安全水平。