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IOGEAR Fined $208,000 By EPA For Germ-Free Mice Claims

IOGEAR's Germless Portable Laser Mouse isn't quite so germless after all, which is why the Environmental Protection Agency levied a fine of $208,000 on the company for "unsubstantiated public health claims regarding unregistered products, and their ability to control germs and pathogens." In other words, these things aren't killing any germs, and you probably shouldn't be buying them in hopes that they will. And as a result of the fines, IOGEAR's also stopped claiming that their germ-killing mice (now just "mice") kill germs. [IOGEAR via Crave via Gadgetell]

12:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Jason Chen
1,581 views, 10 comments

Latest by barfoo: This was probably part of a bigger recent case in which a lot of companies were caught up: a lot of these products are coated in a surface made with silver nanoparticles, which supposedly make for a very inhospitable environment more »

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IOGEAR Germless Portable Laser Mouse

This laser mouse from IOGEAR is coated with a titanium dioxide and silver nano-particle compound that prevents bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae from surviving and living on the mouse. How the hell could algae and fungi grow on a mouse? Is playing Counter-Strike underwater the latest trend among dirty teens? – Travis Hudson More »

5:31 PM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By Travis Hudson
448 views, 7 comments