Lizard droppings may have poisoned Bangladesh students
Lizard droppings or similar contamination may have been the cause for scores of students falling ill after eating at a girls' hostel of Bagerhat Government PC College, civil surgeon Subhash Kumar Saha said on Sunday.
Saha was making an inspection of the hostel's kitchen after 63 students, who had taken lunch there on Saturday, underwent treatment for food poisoning at Bagerhat Sadar Hospital.
Of them, 31 were admitted in critical condition, said doctors, but all were treated and out of danger.
UK baby catches salmonella from pet snake and lizard
The two-month old didn’t just catch salmonella from exotic family pets.
It wasn’t like she cho
se to cuddle with them.
I have a six-month-old and don’t let her get intimate with reptiles.
The Widnes tot was taken to hospital after environmental health officers found the family’s corn snake and bearded dragon lizard were both carrying the deadly bacteria (Salmonella).
The story also says that pet owners are also being urged to keep the animals away from kitchen sinks and bath tubs, and to even avoid smoking and handling them.
So try not to smoke your lizard. Or let your baby touch it.
I'll have the lentils please; hold the lizard
Nine people who came to visit a sick friend at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital in India ended up being admitted themselves after retiring to a nearby hotel for a meal of lentils and, allegedly, lizard.The Hindu reports that following complaints, the police have registered a case against the hotel staff on charges of negligence, endangering the safety of others. Lizards and other reptiles are a terrific source of salmonella.
