Study: Cellphones Dirtier Than Bathrooms

Your cellphone has much more bacteria than the average bathroom, but you'll be shocked at how much dirtier it is.

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The study conducted by a U.K. consumer group found bacteria linger on the surface of handsets. And that bacteria on your phone can be easily passed to other users.

Cell phones carry nearly 18 times more living bacteria than what lives on the toilet handle in a men's restroom, the British research suggests.

A hygiene expert swabbed and analyzed 30 handsets for the study.

Results showed 7 of the 30 had warning or high levels of environmental bacteria.

One of the handsets had bacteria levels high enough to give the user stomach troubles.

The tests showed how easily bacteria could linger on the surface of a phone The germs can be passed along if other people held the handset to look at photos or other applications.

The consumer group recommends in order to battle the bacteria, you need to clean handsets regularly with alcohol wipes.

The Web site Ranker.com has a list of the 10 dirtiest things you touch every day. The cellphone is the fourth-dirtiest everyday object.

Money tops the list, followed by the light switch and your computer keyboard. Toilet seats are in fifth after cellphones.