Importance of washing things you buy

[Guest guest]

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 i s 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 ware house 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!)

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>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.

>

>[hoax deleted]

 

 

This is a hoax - see <http://www.snopes.com/toxins/raturine.htm>. In

future, and as a general rule, please check snopes.com before

forwarding a chain letter such as this.

 

Thanks,

 

Paul

 

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