Aluminum or Glass...which is more healthy?

[Moon]

I got this in an email. I doubt that it's true, but I had heard before about rat urine being on some aluminum can tops from the cans sitting in the warehouses.



This incident happened recently in north Texas . We need to be even more
careful everywhere.

A woman went boating one Sunday, taking with her some
cans of coke which she put in the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday
she was taken into Intensive Care Unit and on Wednesday she died.

The autopsy revealed a certain Leptospirose caused by the can of
coke from which she had drunk, not using a glass. A test showed that the
can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended to wash thoroughly the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them as they have been stocked in warehouses and transported
straight to the shops without being cleaned.
A study at NYCU showed that the tops of 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.
Please forward this message to all the people you care about.

 

[Bird]

According to snopes.com this false rumor has been around since 1998.

 

[Moon]

Thanks for clarifying bird.

Usually the first hint is if it says to forward to everyone you know or care about ...then it's bogus.

I should've looked on snoops first. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif sorry. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[_RaT_]

Thanks Bird. I meant to Snopes it and forgot about it. Did you know that 99% of all fatal car accidents occur in vehicles where at least one of he occupants had shoes on. Rumor is, shoes are the cause of or at least the reason for vehicle accidents. Rumors are easy to start but hard to stop. I follow the Dr Dean Edell approach on many health issues. Show me the scientific data that supports the claim!

 

[slowrev]

Rat,
Almost all automobile accidents can be attributed to one piece of hardware.....The nut that holds the steering wheel.

Playing on statistics.... McDonalds is the largest purchaser of Cow rectums, why, because they are the largest domestic purchaser of beef on the hoof and the rectum comes with the cow.

Ben

 

[Bird]

Yep, RaT, rumors are easy to start and hard to stop. I just recently read that many people still believe it's illegal to drive barefoot. Now that's a rumor I first heard nearly 50 years ago, but to the best of my knowledge, no such law has or does exist in any state; certainly not Texas.

 

[penokee]

If offered a can of beer I usually find an excuse to turn it down. If offered a bottle of beer I hope he's got more.

My Hunting Camp buddies bring their adult beverags in cans, but are always after my bottled brew - why? Just tastes better out of glass.

penokee /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...and if we could get that deposit on fast food and Wally World bags, the whole countryside would be a nicer place to live. )</font>

jinman,
Now, don't take wrong on this...I absolutely hate taxes. But if they would tax (or charge) us a penny or two for each of those bags we use, maybe:
A) it may encourage people to use some type of reusable shopping bag and the number of those used would be less or...
B) they could have some type of "clean up" task force for those, some "mega vacuum" to pass by (similar to a street sweeper) and vacuum them off the hurricane fences etc. - that would help.
C) ___________(fill in the blank with your ideas) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Those bags blow everywhere, and get in everything. Our municiple garbage collector trucks use the side-mounted arm that grabs the city-supplied refuse cans and turns them upside down over a special garbage truck. If any wind is present, there go the little bags all over the place. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif While it doesn't happen all the time, it does happen too much.
So much for creeping city limits! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif