Key Points
A recent study discovered that six out of ten people take their smartphones to the toilet..
The study was conducted by NordVPN. 61.6 percent of participants in the study said that they take phones to the washroom to scroll through social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram..
While 33.9 percent of respondents admitted that they use smartphones in the toilet to get updated with current affairs...
In a conversation with Yahoo Life UK, Dr. Hugh Hayden, an infection control specialist, said that smartphones can foster up to ten times more germs than toilet seats..
The report also cites previous research papers which mentioned that Staphylococcus are some of the most commonly-found pathogens found on mobile phones These pathogens, it says, can then find their way into the body through contact with the mouth, eyes, or nose, leading to various health complications like respiratory and skin infections..
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