The Next Public Health Crisis: Filthy Phones are Dirtier Than Toilet Seats - and More Dangerous

CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Our phones are practically glued to our hands—yet unlike our hands, phones rarely get cleaned. A widely cited study from the University of Arizona found that the average cell phone carries ten times more bacteria than the typical toilet seat.⁽¹⁾ This leads to what experts call the "clean hands, dirty phone" paradox: no matter how often we wash, we're constantly recontaminating ourselves with our filthy devices....