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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 ICU. She died on The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of coke she drank from without 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 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 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 before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
So if you know any friends / youngsters who drink out the can ... people you care about pass this on. I just did.

this is also called rat catchers yellows as you get flu like symptoms become very jaundiced [hence yellows] and die within the week scary id say........pete

Quoted from Roland

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 ICU. She died on The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of coke she drank from without 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 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 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 before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
So if you know any friends / youngsters who drink out the can ... people you care about pass this on. I just did.

Good advice, although it never done me any harm

I will never drink out of a can again !!!!!!!  

anglers , also fall to this , knowen as ( WEILS ) , wetting the line in the mouth to draw the knot's tight