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Office Germs: Safe for Work

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The Editors of Office Product Reviews at Best Choice Reviews decided to research the topic of: SAFE FOR WORK? Keeping clean and healthy in the office may be harder than you think. 1 in 3 office workers have witnessed co-workers leaving restrooms without washing their hands. 53% of Americans don't wash their hands after exchanging money. The average person touches 300 surfaces every 30 minutes, exposing themselves to 840,000 germs. Diligent washing, wiping and sanitizing can help office professionals reduce their rates of cold and flu by as much as 80%. 72% of Americans typically go to work when they are sick. 55% of workers say they feel guilty when they call in sick. 78% of workers say they wash their hands often. 15% of workers avoid shaking hands with people to avoid germs. 3% skip meetings where sick people are in attendance. Just how dirty is my office? Researchers swabbed about 5,000 surfaces in office buildings, including law firms, insurance companies,...

The 5 Oddest Ways Technology is Aiding Peculiar Industries

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1. DNA Testing and Infidelity For couples all over the world that may be having relationship troubles, the possibility of infidelity by their significant other is a potentially serious problem. To combat this nasty relationship breaker, all sorts of solutions commonly get proposed, ranging from counseling to private investigators who spy on travelling husbands or wives. However, at least one company, called Infidelity Testing, is offering a pretty odd way of finding out if your significant other is cheating on you, by using the highly precise science of DNA testing. Simply send in your partner's dirty underwear to their laboratories, and wait for them to do a careful multi-point scan of the fabric for hard to remove traces of third party genetic material that would have no easy way of finding its way to such an intimate place. 2. Cyborg....…Rats and Rescue Services We've all heard of rescue dogs using their superman noses to detect survivors under the rubble of bomb o...

Syphilis

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Syphilis is another sexually transmitted disease. It can be transmitted from an infected sex organ to an open cut in the skin of another person. It usually penetrates the moist mucous membranes of the mouth, the vagina, and the penis urethra, through which urine passes from the bladder to the outside. Symptoms If Syphilis if not treated, it can occur in three stages. The symptoms are slow to appear usually 10 -90 days after exposure. The first stage can occur any time between two to four weeks after infection has occurred. A painless ulcer develops at this site most of the time. The ulcer starts as a red spot, turns into a pimple, which ulcerates, forming a sore. The ulcer is usually found on the genitals or anus, but can appear on any part of the skin, including the mouth. It usually heals in 4-6 weeks, leaving a thin scar. During this period the bacterium is circulating in the blood throughout the body. The second stage appears one to six months after the ulcer heals, you feel...