evnme
My little lamb
Member since 8/05 12633 total posts
Name:
aka momma2b
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PSA: health related email (long)
IMPORTANT
A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom in Maui , Hawaii
When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was really filthy and that
he had noticed dried mouse/rat droppings in some areas.
A couple of days later, he started to feel like he was coming down with a
stomach flu, complained of sore joints and headaches, and began to vomit.
He went to bed and never really got up again. Within two days he was severely
ill and weak. His blood sugar count was down to 66, and his face and eyeballs
were ye! llow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali-Momi, where he was
diagnosed to be suffering from massive organ failure. He died shortly before midnight .
No one would have made the connection between his job and his death, had it not
been for a doctor who specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse or
exposed to dried rat/mouse droppings at any time. They said there is a virus
(much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and mouse droppings.
Once
dried, these droppings are like dust and can easily be breathed in or ingested
if a person does not wear protective gear or fails to wash face and hands
thoroughly.
An autopsy was performed on the clerk to verify the doctor's
suspicions.
This
is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS carefully rinse off the tops of
canned sodas or foods, and to wipe off pasta packaging, cereal boxes, and so
on.
Almost everything you buy in a supermarket was stored in a
warehouse at one time or another, and stores themselves often have rodents.
Most of us remember to wash vegetables and fruits but never think of boxes and
cans.
The ugly truth is, even the most modern,
upper-class, super store has rats and mice. And their warehouse most assuredly
does!
Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you wash the top
with running water and soap or, if that is not available, drink with a straw.
The investigation of soda cans by the Center for
Disease Control in Atlanta
discovered that the tops of soda cans can be encrusted with dried rat's urine,
which is so toxic it can be lethal. Canned drinks and other foodstuffs are
stored in warehouses and containers that are usually infested with rodents, and
then they get transported to retail outlets without being properly cleaned.
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