Leptospirosis - Wash Cans or bottles of Drink

[Chewy]

This is Serious!

This incident happened recently in North Durban.

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.

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.

Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of all soda cans before drinking out of them. The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.

A study at UCT 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.

Leptospirosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


We wash our veg and fruit before we eat it - makes you think about the bottles and cans we drink - we should wash them too.

[KneeHighNinja]

omg that is terrible look at all the kids drinking energy drinks nowadays most are in small cans im gonna make sure i tell my g/kids

[silly-pelican]

omg that is awful an so true ninja kids adults an all u see then walking about drinking out of cans etc geez that is a big eye opener thx for that chewy