From: boltar2003 on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:48:20 +0100
Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>boltar2003(a)boltar.world has brought this to us :
>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:13:37 +0100
>> "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> Incidentally - Legionella is spread by an aerosol mist - not by drinking.
>>
>> This really is Scare Story of the Week isn't it. What next - don't change
>> your oil regularly and you'll be devoured by some mutant bug that lives on
>> dipsticks? Whoever did this "research" really needs to find something more
>> worthwhile to do with their time.
>>
>> B2003
>
>The story sounded to be very plausible to me - do some research on
>Legionella.

I'm sure it can grow in a car washer tank. So can 101 other nasty things but
I'm not going to worry about them either. People who worry about this sort
of thing will be the same people who used sterilisers and face masks during
the swine flu "outbreak". If you want to see something really teaming with
potentially nasty bugs just look at your kitchen dishcloth.

B2003


From: Nick Finnigan on
Chelsea Tractor Man wrote:
> by stopping legionares disease developing in the reservoir

"The life you save may not be your own".
From: GT on
<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:48:20 +0100
> Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>boltar2003(a)boltar.world has brought this to us :
>>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:13:37 +0100
>>> "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> Incidentally - Legionella is spread by an aerosol mist - not by
>>>> drinking.
>>>
>>> This really is Scare Story of the Week isn't it. What next - don't
>>> change
>>> your oil regularly and you'll be devoured by some mutant bug that lives
>>> on
>>> dipsticks? Whoever did this "research" really needs to find something
>>> more
>>> worthwhile to do with their time.
>>>
>>> B2003
>>
>>The story sounded to be very plausible to me - do some research on
>>Legionella.
>
> I'm sure it can grow in a car washer tank. So can 101 other nasty things
> but
> I'm not going to worry about them either. People who worry about this sort
> of thing will be the same people who used sterilisers and face masks
> during
> the swine flu "outbreak". If you want to see something really teaming with
> potentially nasty bugs just look at your kitchen dishcloth.

Lemon juice and a blast in the microwave until its steaming - shiny, nice
smelling, sterile dish cloth!

Not sure how to fit the car in there tho and I'm not sure about the metal
parts...


From: GT on
"Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Chelsea Tractor Man wrote:
>> by stopping legionares disease developing in the reservoir
>
> "The life you save may not be your own".

You talking about cars that have 1 jet pointed at the pavement?!!


From: John on

"bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>

I think you will find that the water is chlorinated.

Where I work, dead legs of pipes are seen as a hazard - and standing cooling
water in any plant with a cooling tower. This water is treated
(automatically dosed and circulated twice a week).