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> 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
> 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.
>
>
>
>
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>
> 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!)