Saturday, May 10, 2008

Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

This here's a news! from bbc:

Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning.

Out of 33 keyboards swabbed, four were regarded as a potential health hazard and one harboured five times more germs than one of the office's toilet seats.

Microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson said a keyboard was often "a reflection of what is in your nose and in your gut".

During the Which? tests in January this year, a microbiologist deemed one of the office's keyboards to be so dirty he ordered it to be removed, quarantined and cleaned.

It had 150 times the recommended limit for bacteria - five times as filthy as a lavatory seat tested at the same time, the research found.
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And where would the "mouse" place in the charts?

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Memehopping:
1. kottke.org
2. gelfmagazine.com - Toilet Bowls are super Clean
3. news.bbc.co.uk - Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

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