How your office computer mouse carries THREE TIMES more germs than a toilet seat

April 4th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Ian Garland

PUBLISHED:

10:02 EST, 4 April 2012

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UPDATED:

11:28 EST, 4 April 2012

The office computer mouse has three times as much bacteria than the average toilet seat (file photo)

Office computer mouse has three times as much bacteria than the average toilet seat (file photo)

The average computer mouse is three times dirtier than a toilet seat, according to an alarming new study.

Researchers blame the results on workers who eat at their desks, turning work stations into breeding grounds for harmful bugs and germs.

And men are far more filthy than their female counterparts – with 40 per cent more bacteria lurking in male mice.

Keyboards were the second most grubby item in the office, ahead of phones and chairs.

Initial Washroom Hygiene, which carried out the tests, said computer
mice also carried twice as many bugs as a toilet flush handle.

Researchers swabbed 158 items seized from 40 desks at three office
locations and compared the results with data on toilet hygiene,
including 28 loo seats, obtained from other buildings.

Four-in-10 desks were home to at least one item with very high levels of
bacteria and surface contamination which posed a risk to health.

Initial Technical manager Peter Barratt said: ‘It is now common for office
workers to spend their lunch hour eating at their desk – often surfing
the web or continuing to type at the same time.

Cleaner than you think: Toilet seats have less bacteria than computer mouses, keyboards, shopping trolleys and steering wheels

‘This leaves crumbs and other food residue all over the work station,
particularly on mice and keyboards, making them ideal places for
bacteria and other microorganisms to survive and multiply.

‘In addition because they are electrical devices these items aren’t
cleaned as regularly or as thoroughly as other parts of the office, or
even as the desks themselves.’

The mouse isn’t the only everyday item found to be filthier than the average toilet seat – research has discovered more bacteria on kitchen work surfaces, steering wheels, restaurant high chairs, shopping trolleys and even lift buttons.

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The study, which is alarming, will alarm the alarmists by its alarming nature which in itself thoroughly alarming

– simon, Stockholm, Sweden, 04/4/2012 18:41

Brilliant and informative piece. I shall now carry anti bacterial mouse wipes in my bag. Disaster averted am gonna live I just know it.

– Carla Lou, Sunderland, 04/4/2012 18:39

That’s nothing compared to keyboard plaque and the gunk that builds up inside the computer on the heat-sinks and fans but nothing to worry about if you have an advanced virus scanner.

– leew, lancashire, 04/4/2012 18:37

99.9 percent of bacteria is harmless so saying there is more on a computer mouse than a toilet seat means nothing.

– I was looking for news, and all I got was this, 04/4/2012 18:31

’40 per cent more bacteria lurking in male mice.’ _______ Anyone know how to tell if my mouse is male or female.

– I might be right, but then I might not, 04/4/2012 18:25

“Caught a nasty scrolled?” – Poor effort, 0/10.

– David Bourke, Rochester, Kent., 04/4/2012 18:23

my computer in work is over 10years old, has had loads of different people using it. smells and its minty but i’m still alive!

– Annon, Annon, 04/4/2012 18:17

Not mine. I cleaned my mouse yesterday, my toilet seat last weekend…

– Helen, Herts, 04/4/2012 18:13

Tell us something we don’t know . . . .