Germs on Your Cell Phone: General Health

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Germs on Your Cell Phone

Your cell phone is probably covered with bacteria. So is your keyboard and mouse.

Also, ladies, think twice about where you set your purse. 20 to 30% of purses tested had bacteria associated with fecal matter, probably because they had been left on public bathroom floors, restaurant floors, or outside.

To clean your stuff, use disinfecting wipes.

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Yeah, germs are everywhere! Handles to gas pumps and shopping carts are probably some things containing the most germs! I like how Fred Meyer now has disinfecting wipes by the shopping carts so you can disinfect the germs before you use the cart. I wonder if any other stores do that?

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Door handles also have a lot of germs attached to them!

It is a good idea to always keep your hands away from your face because chances are you are always touching something with germs attached!

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

HealthyPals wrote:

Yeah, germs are everywhere! Handles to gas pumps and shopping carts are probably some things containing the most germs! I like how Fred Meyer now has disinfecting wipes by the shopping carts so you can disinfect the germs before you use the cart. I wonder if any other stores do that?

I like that too, the disinfecting wipes the stores are starting to put at the entries of their store. Safeway has them too, but a lot of times I go in there and the container is empty!! But it does show that people are using them. Now the store just has to make sure an empty container is replaced with a new one.

I have seen the disinfecting wipes at the Walmart too.

ashgray2 · **Site Rank:** Healthy Acquaintance

That why i don't give a mobile devices to my child!

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

ashgray2 wrote:

That why i don't give a mobile devices to my child!

Good for you, little kids don't need to be messing with mobile devices.

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

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It is a good idea to always keep your hands away from your face because chances are you are always touching something with germs attached!

Keeping your hands away from your face also helps with acne.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Do you know the germiest spots in your home???

Toilet bowl
Kitchen Drain
Kitchen sponge
Kitchen sink
Bathtub or shower

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Ziggy wrote:

Do you know the germiest spots in your home???

Toilet bowl
Kitchen Drain
Kitchen sponge
Kitchen sink
Bathtub or shower

All makes sense to me! Especially the toilet bowl... ewe... can you imagine the times you are sick and have had to puke in it... you stick your face so close to that bowl! :red:

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

tammy wrote:

..... Especially the toilet bowl... ewe... can you imagine the times you are sick and have had to puke in it... you stick your face so close to that bowl! :red:

Yep, that in itself makes ya sick!!
In movies I have seen a person sick throwing up in the toilet, and they are like touching it with their hands like laying on it... I always thought, ick, how can they touch that creepy toilet like that, but I know that it's probably a brand new toilet that has never been used!!!

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