Teeny Tiny
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Hi all! This has nothing to do with noogling, but I felt I had to pass it on to all my fellow nooglers. I wouldn't want anything to happen to any of my noogleberry family members, you all are too dear to me! I received this in an email recently and felt you all should be warned as well, please copy, paste, and email to anyone you care about...
WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on!
Same applies to Beer.
This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas.
A woman went boating one Sunday, taking with her some cans of coke which she put into the refrigerator of the boat.
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit.
She died on Wednesday.
The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances.
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.
A study at NYCU showed that the tops of all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e.). full of germs and bacteria.
So wash them before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
I JUST DID!
Rat urine is not the only thing that can contaminate the cans, people handling them that are sick or have used the restroom without using proper oral hygiene can also contaminate them with germs and bacteria. I have almost always wiped the tops of my soda cans before drinking out of them, and have gotten sick several times after eating and drinking a can of soda and couldn't figure out what it was, because I knew what I ate had to be safe. So now I wash the tops, but don't stop there, I wash the whole can, top to bottom. My hubby is especially dear to me and takes sodas to work with him so I told him to only take cans out of the fridge with him. I've got a shelf dedicated to soda with several rows of all the different flavors we have that have been thoroughly washed for him to choose from.
But soda cans are not the only thing I wash before opening, I wash any can before I open it, that way I don't have to worry about any contaminants getting in the food as I'm pouring it out of the can. Not to mention how many times I've used a can opener to open a can of food and the lid ends up partially pushed into the can, which puts any germs or bacteria that may have been on the lid in direct contact with the contents. If Soda cans can be contaminated, so can any other can that you buy, because they're all stored and handled the same way. Granted, if you cook their contents properly the temperature should kill the germs and bacteria, but why take a chance. And I'm especially careful to clean any cans that are currently in our house because I've recently caught a rat that was loose in our house, helping herself to whatever she wanted in our pantry. So now I have to go through anything she's had access to and decide whether it's safe to use or whether I should just throw it out and replace it. She especially loved stealing my packages of top ramen soup I keep on hand for emergency snacks when money is tight, so now I have to figure out how to determine if they're safe to use, and how to disinfect any I decide to keep without contaminating the food inside should it not be sealed tight. As cheap as they are I think I'll just throw them out and replace them, but store them in a rat proof container, if there is such a thing.
In case anyone doesn't know what Leptospirosis is and would like to find out, here's a link for you to look at...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_g.htm
Sorry this message was sooo long, just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the dangers associated with cans and other food items that may have been contaminated. :-X
WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on!
Same applies to Beer.
This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas.
A woman went boating one Sunday, taking with her some cans of coke which she put into the refrigerator of the boat.
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit.
She died on Wednesday.
The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances.
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.
A study at NYCU showed that the tops of all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e.). full of germs and bacteria.
So wash them before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
I JUST DID!
Rat urine is not the only thing that can contaminate the cans, people handling them that are sick or have used the restroom without using proper oral hygiene can also contaminate them with germs and bacteria. I have almost always wiped the tops of my soda cans before drinking out of them, and have gotten sick several times after eating and drinking a can of soda and couldn't figure out what it was, because I knew what I ate had to be safe. So now I wash the tops, but don't stop there, I wash the whole can, top to bottom. My hubby is especially dear to me and takes sodas to work with him so I told him to only take cans out of the fridge with him. I've got a shelf dedicated to soda with several rows of all the different flavors we have that have been thoroughly washed for him to choose from.
But soda cans are not the only thing I wash before opening, I wash any can before I open it, that way I don't have to worry about any contaminants getting in the food as I'm pouring it out of the can. Not to mention how many times I've used a can opener to open a can of food and the lid ends up partially pushed into the can, which puts any germs or bacteria that may have been on the lid in direct contact with the contents. If Soda cans can be contaminated, so can any other can that you buy, because they're all stored and handled the same way. Granted, if you cook their contents properly the temperature should kill the germs and bacteria, but why take a chance. And I'm especially careful to clean any cans that are currently in our house because I've recently caught a rat that was loose in our house, helping herself to whatever she wanted in our pantry. So now I have to go through anything she's had access to and decide whether it's safe to use or whether I should just throw it out and replace it. She especially loved stealing my packages of top ramen soup I keep on hand for emergency snacks when money is tight, so now I have to figure out how to determine if they're safe to use, and how to disinfect any I decide to keep without contaminating the food inside should it not be sealed tight. As cheap as they are I think I'll just throw them out and replace them, but store them in a rat proof container, if there is such a thing.
In case anyone doesn't know what Leptospirosis is and would like to find out, here's a link for you to look at...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_g.htm
Sorry this message was sooo long, just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of the dangers associated with cans and other food items that may have been contaminated. :-X
