This has been circulating on the Internet since 1998. This particular variation started circulating in 1999 and is at www.snopes.com, the site for urban legends. It is not a true story.
-----Original Message----- From: sandra@celxo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CKCS-L] Fw: [bulldoguk] Fw: Fw: Health Warning I got this from my sister and thaught it should be shared with as many people as possible sandie sandra@celxo www.sandrac.karoo.net If you can not say a kind word do not say anything at all. -------Original Message------- From: Dottie Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 08:32:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: [bulldoguk] Fw: Fw: Health Warning read this it is not a joke it is true dot -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 00:24:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [bulldoguk] Fw: Fw: Health Warning MAYBE APPLIES TO AREAS WHERE DOG FOOD IS STORED? .Tony Darmanin [EMAIL PROTECTED] visit our website http://www.sutus.co.uk Subject: Fwd: Fw: Health Warning > > > > >>Subject: serious health warning! > >> > >> > >>Wow, what are you going to do from now on? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>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 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. Please forward this message to > >>the people you care about. > >>(I JUST DID!) > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 03/08/02 Yahoo! 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