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Sickening Survey: Smartphones Covered In Bacteria, Yet 1 in 4 NEVER Clean Theirs

A new survey of 1,200 Americans and their cleaning habits finds that one in four (23%) have never cleaned their phone.

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Nov 21, 2019, 1:55 PM

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