Peril of mobile phones

This article is not on the radiation and other effects caused by mobile phones on individuals. A lot has been already discussed for a decade on the ill-effects caused by use of this electronic gadget. We gladly accept the ill-efforts and continue using the cell-phones. It has become an elixir to most of us.

This is not on radiation effects, not on time lost, so what is it all about? It is about the danger that use of the instrument subsumes but overlooked – “Effects of unclean mobile phones”

The device is almost in use for 15*7 hours. We use it in all parts of the day. There are innumerable ways how germs accumulate/reside on this device. To cite a few, we use it with unclean hands. We cough, sneeze on it. We carry it across all walks of our life and through all polluted areas.

These germs are capable of causing of infinite diseases ranging from nausea/diarrhea to diseases yet to be-named.

In few cases, the instruments are well wrapped in a cover/pouch. This ensures dust free mobile, however the condition of the cover encompassing is pitiable. It would have turned into grimy resulting in same risk.

Thin layer of dust starts to sediment on the device everyday. This process of dust-accumulation on a daily basis turns over a period of time into a bigger havoc, taking light from the proverb “Small drops make an ocean”

A better idea would be to cleanse the device in hot-water and disinfect it, but current technology does not provide us with hot-water resistant ones to do so. To play safe, clean the cell phone with a neat cloth at appropriate intervals. Try to use with clean hands and avoid using in very dusty and germ prone regions.

I hope this would have provoked your thoughts of taking care of the instrument by carrying a neat cloth and to renew the wrapper encompassing the device at regular intervals.