Leptospirosis

Avoid drinking off canned drinks or at the least wash off the surroundings of the can with water.

Cans are stored in stores or warehouses where rodents areon the prowl. Beware of can drinks!

This incident happened recently in North Texas .

A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of cokewhich she put into the refrigerator of the boat.

On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in ICU. She died onWednesday.

The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of coke she drank from without using aglass. 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 sodacans before drinking out of them. The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shopswithout being cleaned.

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e).. full of germs andbacteria..

So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.