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Using your phone while on the toilet poses significant health risks, as warned by an expert, Dr. Sethi. Despite being a common habit, mindlessly scrolling or using your phone in th

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Using your phone while on the toilet poses significant health risks, as warned by an expert, Dr. Sethi. Despite being a common habit, mindlessly scrolling or using your phone in the bathroom can lead to severe consequences. Dr. Sethi, a Harvard-trained stomach doctor, highlights that this practice, particularly during bowel movements, causes extended sitting that strains the rectum and anus, potentially resulting in hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and rectal prolapse.

Furthermore, using phones in the bathroom makes them a breeding ground for bacteria, surpassing the hygiene levels of a public toilet seat. Dr. Sethi emphasizes the importance of avoiding phone usage while on the toilet or, if unavoidable, suggests disinfecting the phone afterward. Research spanning over a decade has consistently shown that phones harbor a significant amount of germs, including fecal matter.

Despite these health warnings, over 65% of adults take their phones into the bathroom, with Spain having the highest usage rates (nearly 80%) and Germany the lowest (just under 55%). Interestingly, younger age groups, particularly those aged 26-41 and 18-25, are most likely to engage in this unhygienic behavior. Apart from health concerns, there’s the practical risk of dropping the phone into the toilet, with a fifth of respondents in the United States admitting to this mishap.

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Based on the previous text, judge the following item.

It would change the meaning of the first sentence of the text if in the excerpt “on the toilet” the preposition “on” was replaced by in.
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Comentário: A afirmação está correta, pois a substituição da preposição "on" por "in" altera o significado da frase. "On the toilet" refere-se à ação de estar sentado na privada, indicando um estado de uso do banheiro, enquanto "in the toilet" sugere uma localização física dentro do vaso sanitário. Essa troca mudaria o foco da prática de usar o telefone durante o ato de estar na privada para uma interpretação errônea de que o telefone estaria dentro do vaso, o que não representa a intenção original da frase. Portanto, essa mudança de preposição efetivamente altera o sentido da afirmação.

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