I received this warning, which I attach for the benefit of those that can read Spanish.
Summary:
- Wash the top of any can/tin that you are about to use, including of course drinking directly from a can.
- Reason: during storage any rodent may have peed on them, as they often do.
- Among other infections, you can suffer from Leptospirosis and simply die if not caught/diagnosed on time.
- It makes sense. It is not yet a health and safety rule but we don't need to be nannied.
- You can also think that we have to die of something and that is very respectable, except perhaps when you are running a cafe (I know: it is the bother with knowledge, that once you have it you you cannot deny it... sorry)
Here, your doctor in residence, always vigilant.
Wash your cans.
Wash your cans.
Susanita, la amiga tonta de Mafalda
Also wash any bottles that you are going to drink from
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