That smartphone in your hand could be triggering your allergies, a new study by an 18-year-old high school student suggests.
“I have my phone always with me. It's always in my hand. I never put it down for anything,” said study author Hana Ruran, a senior at Hopkinton High School. “And I have a lot of allergies. I just got interested in doing something that affects me.”
“The study demonstrates exposure to inhalant allergens and molecules that trigger innate immune reactions from a source most people haven’t considered," study co-author Peter Thorne, Ruran's mentor, said in an ACAAI news release. She also tested products to try to determine what might clean the allergens, bacteria and fungi off the phone.
About 85% of U.S. households have smartphones, according to the 2018 U.S. Census. People view their phones about 14 billion times a day, the study authors noted. Noting this study, it may also be helpful to wash your phone cases, Gupta said, and to find out what might be a safe way to clean your phone screen without damaging it.
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