Screenwash may save your life
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From: boltar2003 on 14 Jun 2010 06:54 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:45:53 +0100 Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:16:26 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > >> Whoever did this "research" really needs to find something more >> worthwhile to do with their time. > >I don't think so. Stagnant water in a warmish place is the classic breeding >ground for this. Yes but so what? There are plenty of places it could breed. Its a common bacteria AFAIK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella "Common sources of Legionella include cooling towers (used in industrial cooling water systems), large central air conditioning systems, domestic hot water systems, fountains, swimming pools (especially in scandinavian countries and northern ireland) and similar disseminators that draw upon a public water supply" Take your pick. Anymore of this sort of paranoia and they'll be cordoning off the fountains in trafalgar square in case some pensioner gets ill. B2003
From: boltar2003 on 14 Jun 2010 07:48 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:31:00 +0100 Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >washers, I see no reason not to note it and always make sure washer fluid >is used. I bet you have a nice collection of tin foil hats at home ;) B2003
From: bod on 14 Jun 2010 07:54 John wrote: > "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1r7pwjwoocr2t.1mg3b7tns0x4q.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:37:58 +0100, Conor wrote: >> >>> Cheers for that. I regularly partake in a glass of windscreen wash when >>> I'm out for a drive. >> you probably do if you wash the screen with a window open. >> -- >> Chelses Tractor Man >> Gone Beyond the Ultimate Driving Machine >> > > Having had a foul smell from my washers I can understand the risk. > > Incidentally - Legionella is spread by an aerosol mist - not by drinking. > > Let's expect to see antibacterial screenwash additives (I could have done > with some). I flushed my washer tank with a hose pushed into the bottom - > but the smell came back. > > Why not just add a few drops of pure alcohol to each fill? That should kill any bacteria (in theory). Bod
From: bod on 14 Jun 2010 07:55 boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:45:53 +0100 > Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:16:26 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >> >>> Whoever did this "research" really needs to find something more >>> worthwhile to do with their time. >> I don't think so. Stagnant water in a warmish place is the classic breeding >> ground for this. > > Yes but so what? There are plenty of places it could breed. Its a common > bacteria AFAIK. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella > > "Common sources of Legionella include cooling towers (used in industrial > cooling water systems), large central air conditioning systems, domestic hot > water systems, fountains, swimming pools (especially in scandinavian countries > and northern ireland) and similar disseminators that draw upon a public water > supply" > > Take your pick. Anymore of this sort of paranoia and they'll be cordoning > off the fountains in trafalgar square in case some pensioner gets ill. > > B2003 > > The difference being, that fountains come from the mains and not stored water. Bod
From: GT on 14 Jun 2010 07:57
"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:87mjiqFimjU1(a)mid.individual.net... > John wrote: >> "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:1r7pwjwoocr2t.1mg3b7tns0x4q.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:37:58 +0100, Conor wrote: >>> >>>> Cheers for that. I regularly partake in a glass of windscreen wash when >>>> I'm out for a drive. >>> you probably do if you wash the screen with a window open. >> >> Having had a foul smell from my washers I can understand the risk. >> >> Incidentally - Legionella is spread by an aerosol mist - not by drinking. >> >> Let's expect to see antibacterial screenwash additives (I could have done >> with some). I flushed my washer tank with a hose pushed into the bottom - >> but the smell came back. > > Why not just add a few drops of pure alcohol to each fill? What a waste - why not put screenwash in the screen washer bottle and save the alcohol for inclusion in a glass of orange juice of an evening!! |