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Do you know that smoking is the leading cause of diabetes, skin cancer, and many other diseases? I bet you thought that obesity was the leading cause of diabetes, and that ultra violet rays the leading cause of skin cancer, think again.

ALWAYS WASH IT FIRST!

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 have 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. 

submitted by Wesley Bowen

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