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The workplace: the cause of food poisoning
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Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
Even if a woman loves her work, involuntarily she can pay a high price in terms of health. It is a well-known fact that prolonged sitting at the computer harms the back, but there are many other factors of office life that can have a harmful effect on health. Poor lighting in the office reduces the impact of daylight, which disrupts the woman's biological clock.
Using computer screens, phones, smartphones, that is all that emits light, exacerbates the problem. As a result, the metabolism is also disturbed. And if the internal biological clock is not synchronized in real time, this increases the risk of developing alcohol or nicotine dependence. Nutrition at the workplace at the table also has negative consequences. Crumbs that remain on the desktop and keyboard are a hotbed of bacteria and fungi. And the temperature in the office (20 ° C) is ideal for the development of staphylococcus, which, when multiplying, can cause diarrhea and vomiting.
Fecal contamination is found in the office and on the phones, so that the more people use the technique, the more microbes appear there. Therefore, it is very important to wash your hands before eating. Staphylococci and E. Coli, which live in the nose and mouth, can settle on telephone sets. The elevator buttons are the most polluted places in the office, there are more germs on them than in the toilet, as they are washed much less often.