DRINKING OUT OF CANS CAN BE DEADLY

> >Subject:DRINKING OUT OF CANS CAN BE DEADLY 

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> >WASH THEM FIRST
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> >Same applies to Beer.

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> >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.
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> >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.
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> >Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances.
> >It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of allsoda cans before drinking
> >out of them.
> >The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.
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> >60 Minutes did a program on this very subject last fall.
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> >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 with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.