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Subject: Please Read!!!LEPTOSPIROSIS--(DEADLY DISEASE) Please Read!!!LEPTOSPIROSIS--(DEADLY DISEASE) This incident happened recently in North Texas. A woman went boating 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 Wednesday. 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 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. This was sent to me in a email by one of my friends. I looked up the name of the disease and here is a link that tells about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis