Here’s another case against smart phones - I do love to hate them. Caroline Porter writes in the Wall Street Journal and post on Yahoo Finance, that cell phones can be very hazardous to your health. According to her story, Dr. Jeffery Cain, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians says, "Bacteria from a phone can cause flu, pinkeye or diarrhea."
That greasy film on the touch screen is reportedly a feeding ground for bugs, according to the report. And, there is no effective cleaner that will kill the bugs and not harm the screen.
Think about it. People touch that screen all day after doing who knows what and then they place the phone up to their face, nose and mouth. It’s kind of like sticking your face in a petri dish. "People are just as likely to get sick from their phones as from handles of the bathroom," says Dr. Cain.
If you read the users manual - nobody does - Apple forbids the use of window cleaners, household cleaners, aerosol sprays, alcohol and a host of other things from being used on the screen of their phones.
As you may have read in one of my previous tirades against my new phone, it appears that I am right again. Smart phones are bad.
I don’t use my phone often, so I haven’t experienced the flu or pinkeye yet.
My phone hasn't given me diarrhea, but it a real pain in the butt.
PMO
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