Storeroom Warning

[JRdd]

This relates to Pratyatosa's thread called "Rules of Cleanliness" (or whatever it's called, but is too long to post there. Please take heed.

 

An important warning about Storerooms ...

 

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 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 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. 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.

[Tarun]

Good one JRdd. I'll sned this one out to one & all.