important

> ALWAYS WASH IT FIRST!
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 or
> 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 yellow. 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 or 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....
>
>
>
> THE MESSAGE IS:::::::::
> 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 on
> e 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
> have 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.
>
> Please forward this message to the people you care
> about....
>
> ~I JUST DID~

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This message was edited Oct 23, 2005 2:05 PM