This ought to make you think - And it's for real!

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, 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 exposed to dry 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 has 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.

Please forward this message to the people you care about.  I JUST DID!