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KTLA newsroom wants to know whether its cellphones carry germs

From KTLA News: A recent study showed serious superbug bacteria on the cell phones of some hospital workers, and it got us wondering, how dirty are the cellphones in our newsroom? We called in the experts. "Bathrooms are a definite place you don't want to leave them," says Dennis Ironi of Andersen Consulting. "But I would say letting other people use your phone, that's the largest source of bacterial contamination." Dennis Ironi came to KTLA's newsroom to test our cell phones for bacteria. After ten days, we got the results.

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Of course our cell phones carry tons of germs. There have been so many studies out the last few years which have proved it! About a year ago, I found a product that works great cleaning my cell phone. They are called wirelesswipes.com. Try them!!


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