{"id":491,"date":"2011-08-30T00:03:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T00:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=491"},"modified":"2011-08-30T00:03:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T00:03:03","slug":"dangers_of_al_desko_eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/dangers_of_al_desko_eating","title":{"rendered":"Dangers of Al Desko Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"e coli\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2011\/the-fear-that-underlies-consumerism.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new survey suggests eating at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/office-furniture\/desks\/c-2029\">desks<\/a> is still a dominant practice amongst office workers &ndash; even while an infamous University of Arizona study reported that our desks carry 400 times more dangerous bacteria than the average public toilet seat.<\/p>\n<p>Of the American office worker informants questioned in the 2011 Desktop Dining Survey, 83 percent admitted to al desko dining. Lunch (62%) was the most popular desktop repas, followed by snacks (50%) and breakfast (27%). Only four percent wept into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/computer-accessories\/keyboards-mice-accessories\/c-347\">keyboards<\/a> as they ate dinner.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, many office workers admitted to being filthy: Only half said they washed their hands before eating. Plus, as many as 64% had work areas which were only cleaned once a month or less.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, see <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" onclick=\"PS.Core.Popup(this, 800, 600);return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodsafetynews.com\/2011\/08\/office-desktop-dining-still-tops-the-charts\/\">foodsafetynews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey suggests eating at our desks is still a dominant practice amongst office workers &ndash; even while an infamous University of Arizona study reported that our desks carry 400 times more dangerous bacteria than the average public toilet seat. 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