Why phones, keyboards and mice make me sick

13.10.2006

A wide variety of household and industrial products are coated with Microban's antimicrobial polymers. Microban is a brand of antibacterial coating based on Triclosan, rather than silver.

Although Microban has been around for decades and is used in hundreds of products, Fellowes may be the only PC peripheral maker that uses it.

Mice

Iogear Germ Free Wireless Laser Mouse (http://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=product&Item=GME227RW6)

Iogear uses a titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silver (Ag) nano-particle compound to kill a broad spectrum of nasty germs.