Common household item has 3x as many germs as a toilet seat

What is the dirtiest item in the office?

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Posted: 04/05/2012

Your computer mouse may have three times as many germs as a toilet seat!

A British study blames it on workers who eat at their desks and employees not washing their hands after using the bathroom.

And men are far filthier than their female counterparts, with 40 percent more bacteria lurking in their mice.

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

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