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"In today&amp;#x27;s installment of germy news, I have to share some gross findings. So please, do not blame the messenger, OK? Gross. Gross. Gross. The findings from researchers at the London School of Hygiene &amp;amp; Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London? Yup, poop is likely on your cell phone, or on the cell phone of someone you know. Researchers analyzed 390 mobile phones and found that 16 percent were contaminated with E. coli, a bacteria that can make you sick. Here&amp;#x27;s why, they say: People aren&amp;#x27;t washing their hands after using the bathroom. &amp;quot;That means people are spreading fecal bacteria not just to their phones, but to everything else they touch around them,&amp;quot; reports Time. &amp;quot;E. coli can survive on hands and other surfaces for hours, especially in warm conditions (like on a smartphone screen), and is easily transferred to door handles, computer keyboards, food, other people &amp;amp;#8212; and back to you. If you contaminate your iPhone with fecal bacteria, then wash your hands, then handle your phone again, you&amp;#x27;ve just re-soiled your clean hands.&amp;quot; Care to discuss this rather troubling topic? P.S. Worms? Rat hair? The gross things the FDA says are cool in your food. And, eat this to ward of icky cold and flu bugs this winter... More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#x27;s schedule Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;#x27;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Thinkstock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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