The kind of scare-mongering promulgated by the folks at 'healthy-homes'
really gets my goat.
Profiteering and promoting spurious fears ought to be an actionable
offense -
I sincerely hope that there's a particularly unpleasant corner of hell
reserved for folks like that...
Nice catch, Sherry - i'd noted that, too, about the mouse-droppings, not
hanta-virus. I don't think the hanta virus even existed before it appeared
in the 1980's.
And, it bears repeating - always wear a respirator and gloves when tearing
into old trailers - hanta virus or no...
Tuna
'48 Trailwind
WBCCI#8862/VAC
Reno, NV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:14 PM
Subject: [VAC] Re: Is this a real concern?
> According to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov) there have been a TOTAL of 283
> cases of hantavirus in the United States since 1984 so the odds of getting
> it are very small. It should be noted that the article says almost all
60's
> trailers are contaminated with mouse droppings, not that almost all 60's
> trailers are contaminated with hantavirus. That said, when I had a mouse
> infestation in my trailer I wore a respirator mask (available at any
> hardware store) and gloves while cleaning everything out. The CDC website
> has lots of tips on cleaning up mouse infestations, etc. Check it out.
>
> Happy Trails - Sherry
>
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