Guest guest Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 07:19:11PM -0000, wrote: >There are lots of bacteria and fungi in the air - it doesn't take >raindrops to bring em at ya. There was a recent article in the Washington Post about the worldwide spread of pathogens riding on dust in the air: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502950.\ html A couple of quotes: " The dust swirls into the atmosphere containing plant pollens, fungal spores, dried animal feces, minerals, chemicals from fires and industry, and pesticide residues. " and " " ... we will continue to employ agents to check for fruit in baggage and dirt on tourists' shoes while hundreds of millions of tons of soil dust carrying live microbes continue to be transported unchecked overhead. " " -- Norman Yarvin http://yarchive.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 05:33:59PM -0000, wrote: > >> " " ... we will continue to employ agents to check for fruit in >> baggage and dirt on tourists' shoes while hundreds of millions of >> tons of soil dust carrying live microbes continue to be >> transported unchecked overhead. " " > > >I don't see the irony they seem to be trying to point up. There aren't >millions of tons of fruit swirling around up in the atmosphere are there? If they didn't try to make things sound scarier than they really are, they wouldn't be a newspaper. -- Norman Yarvin http://yarchive.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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