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 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/mouse droppings at anytime.
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 wa sh 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.
Please forward this message to the
people you care about. (I JUST DID!)
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