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Good Monday morning All,

Just got in and found this from a friend. Thought I'd pass it along to all
of you as I did not know or consider this.

Andrea in Pa.
   - to contact me directly use artshui

TRUE STORY. HAPPENED IN JULY,1999
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 droppings in some areas. Couple of days later, he
started feeling like he was coming down with stomach flu, achy joints,
headache, and throwing up. He went to bed and never really got up. Within
two days he was very ill and weak. His blood sugar count was down to 66 and
his face and eyeballs were yellow. He was rushed to the emergency room at
Pali Momi, where they said he was suffering from massive organ failure! He
died shortly before midnight.
None of his co-workers would have ever made the connection between his job
and his death, but the doctors 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 Hanta virus) that lives in dried droppings.
Once dried, these droppings are like dust, and can easily be or ingested if
a person is not careful to wash their hands and face thoroughly, or wear
protective gear.
An autopsy was conducted to verify the doctors' suspicions. This is why
YOU MUST carefully rinse off the tops of any canned sodas or foods, and
wipe off pasta packaging, cereal boxes, etc. Almost everything you buy
in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse, and stores themselves often have
rodents. Most of us remember to wash vegetables and fruit 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 not available, drink with a straw.
A brief investigation by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta of soda
cans discovered that the top of soda cans can be encrusted with dried rat's
urine which is toxic and lethal! Canned drinks and other foodstuffs are
stored in warehouses and containers that are usually infested with rodents
and then get transported to the retail outlets without being properly
cleaned.

Please forward this message to the people you care about.

> > Linda Womack
> > Donald W. Reynolds
> > Department of Geriatric Medicine
> > University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
> > Past Chair, OUHSC Staff Senate
> > Phone: (405) 271-8199 FAX: (405) 271-3887

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