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    compost warning

    Good afternoon everyone, i dont know if anyone has posted this and didnt really know which thread to put it in, but thought all you keen gardeners should read this

    its quiet scarry really

    How you can catch deadly legionnaires' disease from garden compost | Mail Online
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  • #2
    you can also get it from dirty shower heads, its rare though, if your genrally healthy I dont think there is much to worry about.
    good to be aware though.
    Yo an' Bob
    Walk lightly on the earth
    take only what you need
    give all you can
    and your produce will be bountifull

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    • #3
      Well I never. Another thing to kill me. Here's a bit more science: http://www.health.sa.gov.au/PEHS/You...ongbeachae.pdf
      Last edited by Two_Sheds; 27-05-2008, 05:37 PM.
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Gardening is a really dangerous hobby, as well as Legionnaire's Disease (which I thought you caught from contaminated airconditioning systems in public offices/sports centres/hospitals) you can also contract tetanus from the soil (if your jabs aren't up to date), you can cut yourself using sharp tools, you can get urticaria from nettle stings, the list is endless. In the end do you want to live in a cottonwool cocoon, or do you want to live? Take sensible precautions and you should be fine!!

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        • #5
          Maybe I should scrub my finger nails a bit better!!!!!!!!!!

          I agree lets not worry about what might happen out there in the garden, and enjoy it!

          Heres a thought, what about all the chemicals we are eating from mass produced veggies, so growing and eating our own should boost our immune systems, Making US the healthiest bunch, thats without considering the exercise!

          Sandra

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          • #6
            Originally posted by stanhol View Post
            Heres a thought, what about all the chemicals we are eating from mass produced veggies, so growing and eating our own should boost our immune systems, Making US the healthiest bunch, thats without considering the exercise!

            Sandra

            Well said. That's the main reason we grow our own now, and buy organic veg from our local farm shop.
            Last edited by Mike and Louise; 27-05-2008, 08:33 PM.

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            • #7
              To coin a well known phrase "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". There's probably more chance of being kiled by a low flying duck !
              http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/

              If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you ain't going to eat it, don't kill it

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              • #8
                especially if it has fowl pest......

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                • #9
                  ah the daily mail.. nothing like a scare story to get those sales up is there

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                  • #10
                    We've had Health Warnings printed on our Potting Mix bags here for years. I think the main problem is breathing in the dust from the mix.
                    I love growing tomatoes.

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                    • #11
                      What a surprise, the Daily Mail trying to scare people - at least it makes a change from them talking about bl**dy Diana!

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by stanhol View Post
                        Maybe I should scrub my finger nails a bit better!!!!!!!!!!

                        Sandra
                        Nah,it's what gives your sarnies their flavour,lol

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                        • #13
                          Nice to be informed of suck risks and I will be a bit more careful in the future. I know that I have breathed in dust in the past especially with one particular brand which is always on the dry side. One of the reasons for using that brand is that the bags are lighter and easier to carry down to the greenhouse.

                          Ian

                          gojilottie updated 27 May 08

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by gojiberry View Post
                            Nice to be informed of suck risks

                            gojilottie updated 27 May 08
                            Oooer missus - what are they then Tell me more!

                            I expect the DM mentioned that there is also a risk to house prices from compost and that it either caused by working mothers or single mothers who are on benefits? Sorry to be snidey but if we all stopped doing everything that's 'dangerous' but unlikely then where would we be?

                            My children have never been ill (apart from chicken pox) and I put it down to a healthy level of dirt in their lives and under their finger nails

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                            • #15
                              i wonder if he did catch it from the bag and not somewhere else or of course its rubbish and sells papers.....

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