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Post by epaul on Apr 28, 2009 12:38:18 GMT -5
www.medicinenet.com/norovirus_infection/article.htmThe two (or three) day gastrointestinal vomit and poop fest commonly referred to as the "stomach flu" (and sometimes as food poisoning) is caused by a virus, but by a different family of viruses than the group of semi-critters that cause the respiratory infection that is properly known as "influenza" or "the flu". The group of viruses that cause the "stomach flu" are now classified as "Noroviruses". These semi-critters live in poop and vomit and they are spread by contact with poop and vomit, either direct or second hand, as in the wall, light switch, or dinner plate the unwashed hand caressed. Hand washing, the abolition of day cares, kindergarten, 1st through 4th grades, and Mexican restaurants would spell the end of this particular malady. If your insides are churning, your body aches, and you maybe even have a slight fever, but your breathing is about the same as it always is, you have something, but you don't have influenza. You probably have children or sloppy co-workers who don't wash up after you know whating.
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Post by John B on Apr 28, 2009 12:59:59 GMT -5
The group of viruses that cause the "stomach flu" are now classified as "Noroviruses". These semi-critters live in poop and vomit and they are spread by pooping and vomiting on the wall, light switch, or dinner plate. Ahh, college... |
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Post by millring on Apr 28, 2009 14:58:03 GMT -5
I like to get my news and info from the real experts: The swine flu thing bears watching, but is no reason for panic. Common-sense precautions should be taken, primarily avoiding people who have a flu-like illness, and going to see your doctor if you develop a syndrome of cough, body aches, and fever. Note that I did NOT include vomiting, as NO flu is a gastrointestinal illness. Flu is a RESPIRATORY illness. |
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Post by dradtke on Apr 28, 2009 15:00:06 GMT -5
Please do not poop on the light switch. Thank you.
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Post by aquaduct on Apr 28, 2009 15:28:00 GMT -5
Please do not poop on the light switch. Thank you. I wonder if electrically fried poop will cure hemorhoids. |
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Post by omaha on Apr 28, 2009 16:05:12 GMT -5
Government Turns to Manure PowerThe widespread deployment of anaerobic digestion technologies across the UK's farming sector could generate enough heat and electricity to power two million homes, cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
That is the conclusion of a new report from the Department for the Environment Farming and Rural Affairs into the viability of anaerobic digestion systems to be unveiled today at the National Farmers Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham.
Anaerobic digestors work like small-scale landfill sites, trapping methane from waste organic matter, such as slurry, manure and food waste, that can then be burnt off to produce heat and electricity or converted into biofuel, while also producing a nutrient rich digestate that can be used as a fertiliser.
Advocates of anaerobic digestors have long suggested that they should be installed by farmers, arguing that they would not only help cut greenhouse gas emissions but also provide farmers with a sustainable and profitable means of processing waste slurry and manure.
Speaking at the NFU conference, farming minister Jane Kennedy called on the agricultural sector to step up efforts to deploy a technology that the government report indicated will offer a "true solution" to the problem of organic waste being sent to landfill.
"We're producing more organic waste in this country than we can handle – more than 12 million tonnes of food waste a year – and farmers know too well the challenges of managing manure and slurry," she said. "This material could produce enough heat and power to run more than two million homes, helping to prevent dangerous climate change by providing a renewable energy source as well as reducing our reliance on landfill."
She also said that to help support the NFU's target to install 1,000 on-farm AD plants by 2020, the government would launch a new task force, to be chaired by Steve Lee, chief executive of the Chartered Institution for Waste Management, which will work on an implementation plan designed to help accelerate the deployment of anaerobic digestors.
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Post by TDR on Apr 28, 2009 16:21:33 GMT -5
Gumment. Thirty years later they catch up with Mother Earth News.
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