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. He 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 adn weak. His blood sugar count was down to 66, and his face was white and eyeballs were sunken. He was rushed to the ER at Pali-Momi, where he was diagnosed to be suffering from 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 the doctor who specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse or exposed to dried 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 performed on the clerk confirmed 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 & juices, please make sure that you wash it with water and soap or if that is not available, drink it with a straw.
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