marketwire.com — According to this study funded by Clorox, keyboards have 265 times more bacteria on them than a toilet seat. I'm pretty lucky that I'm not a hypochondriac because I'd probably be turning quite mad after reading this. Surprisingly, toilet seats had the lowest level of bacteria of the 12 surfaces tested in this study.
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osmakerApr 14, 2006
Here's my question, that is so often missed in these so-called studies: what are the bacteria found?It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that certain bacteria are more harmful than others...
Closed AccountApr 14, 2006
What a retarded summary.Milk has more bacteria per cubic centimeter than cyanide, strichnene or aids-infected blood.Which do you think is safest to eat?amount of bacteria != level of danger to human health
geekologistApr 14, 2006
*Licks keyboard* Mmmmm tasty!!!
alex3917Apr 14, 2006
Honestly why is this posted every six months on every single news website? I have seen basically the exact same study probably a hundred times now.
rye425Apr 14, 2006
OK WELL WHEN A TOILET SEAT HELPS ME WRITE MY 40 PAGE REPORTS ILL LICK IT, UNTIL THEN ILL STICK TO MY KEYBOARD!
samuelcotterallApr 14, 2006
Bacteria spreads. It's not just under the keys. That's just the physical dirt.
eatmorgnomeApr 14, 2006
error
thexderApr 14, 2006
If you get a deep cut out in a jungle somwhere, it is much safer to clean out the wound with urine than to use water from a nearby stream.
kimzorApr 14, 2006
Lies.
Closed AccountApr 14, 2006
"In several cases, the ice tested positive for E. coli bacteria, which comes from human waste and has been linked to several illness outbreaks across the country."Key words: "several cases." See how they don't provide exact numbers? Or even say that 70% of the time there was more E. Coli in the ice than toilet water? It's because there wasn't. There may have been a couple traces in the ice, but they also don't give any data on how much e. coli they found in the toilet water. Gotta watch out for the bias in new reports.
deceplusApr 14, 2006
"According to this study funded by Clorox..."
quashApr 14, 2006
Surprise, surprise. Clorox wipes study uses fear to get people to buy its product. Well, at least Clorox doesn't have any incentive to release such a study. Sheesh!!! I bet the Clorox marketing guys must love all the free media they're getting from Digg right now. And Digg won't even get any AdSense revenue from it. A perfect example of how corporate marketers can take advantage of public boards like Digg.