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Is your smartphone making you sick?

Tests have found that smartphones typically carry as many germs as the handle of a bathroom door [Photo: Courtesy]

 

Doctors are warning that the combination of a cellphone's close proximity to your ears, nose and mouth with its bacteria-loving warmth, could expose people to germs that are harmful to their health.

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