Your keyboard is worst than a toilet
Submitted by: KnightMare @ 09:21 AM | Friday, May 2, 2008 | (url: http://news.bbc.c...)
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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I wish they were easier to clean, damnit and water proof. My cat ruined my g15 with Mt Dew. My cat is now dead.
I sneeze on my keyboard regularly for fun, just to keep the germs going. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.