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Harmful bacteria found on 92% of mobile phones

15th October 2011

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have found that more than nine in ten mobile phones are coated with harmful bacteria.

Although 95% of the 390 participants claimed to wash their hands with soap whenever they could, some 16 per cent of hands and phones contained E.coli, which is transmitted in faeces and can cause serious illness and even death.

Some 31% of hands and 25% of phones harboured Staphylococcus aureus (one strain of which is better known as MRSA).

In total 92% of mobile phones and 82% of hands tested had some traces of bacteria.

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Ever since the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario, was contaminated by E.coli O157 in 2000, Dr Philip Marsden has been trying to figure out just how a toxin released by that particular strain of the bacteria causes kidney damage in children. ... ...read on

Cases of E.coli confirmed in Co. Donegal

19th December 2011

Health officials in the Republic of Ireland are investigating an outbreak E.coli O157, where a child is understood to be among a number of people who have suffered from severe vomiting and diarrhoea. However, the Health and Safety Executive won't say how many people a... ...read on

Swansea neonatal unit reopens after E.coli deaths

14th December 2011

A neonatal unit at Singleton Hospital, in Swansea, closed after a strain of E.coli killed two premature babies, has been fully reopened. Restrictions preventing the unit from accepting babies born earlier than 36-weeks gestation, was lifted today. It comes after tests... ...read on

E.coli now linked to crab meat

14th December 2011

Health protection officers are investigating an outbreak of E.coli O157 in Plymouth that is believed to be linked to crab meat. Environmental health officers and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) launched an inquiry after nine cases were confirmed in August. Investig... ...read on

Welsh oyster beds reopen

9th December 2011

Oyster beds in the Milford Haven waterway have reopened a month after routine samples found dangerously high levels of E.coli bacteria in the area from the Cleddau Bridge to Picton Point. Additional samples were collected by the Po... ...read on