When it's safer to eat off a toilet, than at your desk

A 'Which?' consumer survey conducted in a typical London office last month, revealed that many computer keyboards are covered with germs.

Researchers even found one particular keyboard with a bacteria count five times higher than that of a toilet in the same office!

Dropping crumbs into the keyboard, and poor personal habits such as not washing hands after going to the toilet, are thought to be the main contributing factors to bacterial growth.

Experts urged all users to clean their computer mouse and keyboards more often, to reduce the chance of falling prey to bacterial illnesses such as stomach upsets and diarrhoea.