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The following article released today by the

media:<br><br>Wednesday May 23 1:14 PM ET <br><br> Bacteria Study Gives

New Meaning to 'Dirty Money'<br><br> By E. J.

Mundell<br><br> ORLANDO (Reuters Health) - A dollar may not go as

far as it used to, but it could buy you a trip to<br>

your local hospital.<br><br> ``Paper currency is

commonly contaminated with bacteria and this may play a

role in the transmission<br> of potentially harmful

organisms,'' concludes Dr. Peter Ender of the Medical Center

at<br> Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Findings

from his study into the true filthiness of

``filthy<br> lucre'' were presented here Wednesday at the

annual meeting of the American Society for<br>

Microbiology.<br><br> It stands to reason that paper money, passed

hand-to-hand dozens of times a day, might pick up some<br>

bacteria along the way. But just how dirty is our money?

To find out, Ender asked cashiers at two<br> Dayton,

Ohio retail outlets--a concession stand at a high

school sports event and a grocery store--to<br> exchange

68 old one-dollar bills for crisp new ones. They

then took the old bills back to the lab for<br>

analysis.<br><br> According to Ender, 64 (94%) of the bills were

contaminated with bacteria known to cause either<br> serious

or mild illness. ''Five bills (7%) were found to be

contaminated with bacteria which can cause<br> infections in

healthy people,'' he reported. Those bacteria included

Staphylococcus aureus and<br> Klebsiella pneumoniae, both of

which can cause pneumonia or blood

infections.....<br><br>Mallons comments: To all concerned citizens, please send

me your dirty money to help contain this plague.

I'll convert those obnoxious notes to raw food to

increase my immune system health so I don't have to worry

about such nonsense articles. I'm also banking on raw

food to prevent me developing dementia, the kind of

disease which causes wannabe scientists to go looking up

each others butts for menancing bacteria and

unnecessarily scaring the general populace. The stronger these

microscopes get, the more stupid applications they find for

them. I saw one bacteria hunter covered by Time

magazine check public toilets, kitchen sinks and salad

bars. His conclusion was the toilets were ok, the

kitchen sink was filthy and God forbid you ever eat fresh

salad from a public restaurant. P.S. I saw his

photograph and he looked like crap. 'Nough said! Go ahead,

irradiate the money supply. Just leave our fresh food out

of this!