Partly because it’s funny, partly because it’s a little political, and partly because it’s relevant to some of us at CBC …
..i think it’s worth looking at the HSE website to see the collection of health and safety myths that are propagated by the media/everyone which in fact have nothing to do with any official government recommendations whatsoever.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/2009.htm
I love urban myths like this. Apparently a bloke told me once that these urban myths were created by the government to keep us off track of what’s really going on!