Multitaskers, be warned: The Daily News reports on a distressing European study, "Scientists swabbed keyboards in their London offices and found traces of E. coli, coliforms and enterobacteria, which all cause food poisoning." The idea is that little creatures will eat—and poop—on the desk surfaces. One Brooklynite admitted, "I eat at my desk a lot. I've never cleaned my keyboard. Most of the crumbs just fall in between the keys. I've got a whole ecosystem going on at the bottom of my keyboard right now." Another said she doesn't really clean her desk, "I eat at my desk every day and spend about seven hours at my keyboard... I found ants on my desk once."
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