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11-07-2003, 01:08 AM
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killer dirt?
Along the lines of bacteria entering the pond through blown
in dust and dirt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Out of Africa: bacteria, fungi, viruses A study confirms that dust crossing the Atlantic carries particles that pose a health risk. By DAVID BALLINGRUD St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bacteria, fungi and probably viruses are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Florida in clouds of dust from drought-stricken areas of Africa. Photos taken by NASA satellites and on-the-ground air samples confirm the trans-Atlantic movement of tiny, potentially hazardous particles, according to an article published today in the scientific journal Aerobiologia. The danger posed by the global movement of dust clouds to the United States is uncertain. Further study is needed, said Eugene Shinn of the U.S. Geological Survey office in St. Petersburg, one of the article's authors. "The identification of microbes in transported dust is important. . . . They may be a source of disease above and beyond that caused by exposure (to dust)," Shinn said. Ongoing tests have not identified a particle -- bacteria, fungi or virus -- that by itself is a human disease threat, said Dale Griffin, a USGS microbiologist and another author of the Aerobiologia article......... ................Garrison, who has gathered dust samples in the Virgin Islands National Park, said the dust is sometimes visible as a reddish haze as it approaches from the east. After a sample of air is collected, it is drawn through a filter and the filter is examined............ ..............The dust comes every year during northern Africa's dry season, when storms in the Sahara Desert and Sahel grassland region generate vast clouds of dust. These clouds then are pushed westward by the same easterly "trade winds" that drive hurricanes toward U.S. and Caribbean shorelines every year. Typically, it takes five to seven days for the dust clouds to cross the Atlantic. So much dirt makes the journey that air plants in the Amazon depend on nutrients derived from the airborne soil. Florida receives more than 50 percent of all microbe-laden African dust that reaches the United States, according to a statement released jointly by the USGS and NASA........... ----------------------------------------- rest of the article can be found here - http://www.sptimes.com/News/061401/S...__bacter.shtml k30a |
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11-07-2003, 02:20 AM
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killer dirt?
Great! As if we didn't have enough to worry about already.
"K30a" wrote in message ... Along the lines of bacteria entering the pond through blown in dust and dirt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Out of Africa: bacteria, fungi, viruses A study confirms that dust crossing the Atlantic carries particles that pose a health risk. By DAVID BALLINGRUD St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bacteria, fungi and probably viruses are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Florida in clouds of dust from drought-stricken areas of Africa. Photos taken by NASA satellites and on-the-ground air samples confirm the trans-Atlantic movement of tiny, potentially hazardous particles, according to an article published today in the scientific journal Aerobiologia. The danger posed by the global movement of dust clouds to the United States is uncertain. Further study is needed, said Eugene Shinn of the U.S. Geological Survey office in St. Petersburg, one of the article's authors. "The identification of microbes in transported dust is important. . . . They may be a source of disease above and beyond that caused by exposure (to dust)," Shinn said. Ongoing tests have not identified a particle -- bacteria, fungi or virus -- that by itself is a human disease threat, said Dale Griffin, a USGS microbiologist and another author of the Aerobiologia article......... ...............Garrison, who has gathered dust samples in the Virgin Islands National Park, said the dust is sometimes visible as a reddish haze as it approaches from the east. After a sample of air is collected, it is drawn through a filter and the filter is examined............ .............The dust comes every year during northern Africa's dry season, when storms in the Sahara Desert and Sahel grassland region generate vast clouds of dust. These clouds then are pushed westward by the same easterly "trade winds" that drive hurricanes toward U.S. and Caribbean shorelines every year. Typically, it takes five to seven days for the dust clouds to cross the Atlantic. So much dirt makes the journey that air plants in the Amazon depend on nutrients derived from the airborne soil. Florida receives more than 50 percent of all microbe-laden African dust that reaches the United States, according to a statement released jointly by the USGS and NASA........... ----------------------------------------- rest of the article can be found here - http://www.sptimes.com/News/061401/S...__bacter.shtml k30a |
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11-07-2003, 02:56 AM
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killer dirt?
seems Florida gets all the exotic stuff turned loose on it
K30a wrote: Along the lines of bacteria entering the pond through blown in dust and dirt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Out of Africa: bacteria, fungi, viruses A study confirms that dust crossing the Atlantic carries particles that pose a health risk. By DAVID BALLINGRUD St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bacteria, fungi and probably viruses are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Florida in clouds of dust from drought-stricken areas of Africa. Photos taken by NASA satellites and on-the-ground air samples confirm the trans-Atlantic movement of tiny, potentially hazardous particles, according to an article published today in the scientific journal Aerobiologia. The danger posed by the global movement of dust clouds to the United States is uncertain. Further study is needed, said Eugene Shinn of the U.S. Geological Survey office in St. Petersburg, one of the article's authors. "The identification of microbes in transported dust is important. . . . They may be a source of disease above and beyond that caused by exposure (to dust)," Shinn said. Ongoing tests have not identified a particle -- bacteria, fungi or virus -- that by itself is a human disease threat, said Dale Griffin, a USGS microbiologist and another author of the Aerobiologia article......... ...............Garrison, who has gathered dust samples in the Virgin Islands National Park, said the dust is sometimes visible as a reddish haze as it approaches from the east. After a sample of air is collected, it is drawn through a filter and the filter is examined............ .............The dust comes every year during northern Africa's dry season, when storms in the Sahara Desert and Sahel grassland region generate vast clouds of dust. These clouds then are pushed westward by the same easterly "trade winds" that drive hurricanes toward U.S. and Caribbean shorelines every year. Typically, it takes five to seven days for the dust clouds to cross the Atlantic. So much dirt makes the journey that air plants in the Amazon depend on nutrients derived from the airborne soil. Florida receives more than 50 percent of all microbe-laden African dust that reaches the United States, according to a statement released jointly by the USGS and NASA........... ----------------------------------------- rest of the article can be found here - http://www.sptimes.com/News/061401/S...__bacter.shtml k30a -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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11-07-2003, 03:57 AM
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killer dirt?
Well .. as far as I'm concerned Florida is welcome to the
yucky dust from Africa! I don't suppose they are all that thrilled with having it blown in to their state either... What bothers me is the prospect of having bacteria, viruses blown in too ... No man is an island? or in this case, no country is an island! Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "John Rutz" wrote in message ... seems Florida gets all the exotic stuff turned loose on it K30a wrote: Along the lines of bacteria entering the pond through blown in dust and dirt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Out of Africa: bacteria, fungi, viruses A study confirms that dust crossing the Atlantic carries particles that pose a health risk. By DAVID BALLINGRUD St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bacteria, fungi and probably viruses are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Florida in clouds of dust from drought-stricken areas of Africa. Photos taken by NASA satellites and on-the-ground air samples confirm the trans-Atlantic movement of tiny, potentially hazardous particles, according to an article published today in the scientific journal Aerobiologia. The danger posed by the global movement of dust clouds to the United States is uncertain. Further study is needed, said Eugene Shinn of the U.S. Geological Survey office in St. Petersburg, one of the article's authors. "The identification of microbes in transported dust is important. . . . They may be a source of disease above and beyond that caused by exposure (to dust)," Shinn said. Ongoing tests have not identified a particle -- bacteria, fungi or virus -- that by itself is a human disease threat, said Dale Griffin, a USGS microbiologist and another author of the Aerobiologia article......... ...............Garrison, who has gathered dust samples in the Virgin Islands National Park, said the dust is sometimes visible as a reddish haze as it approaches from the east. After a sample of air is collected, it is drawn through a filter and the filter is examined............ .............The dust comes every year during northern Africa's dry season, when storms in the Sahara Desert and Sahel grassland region generate vast clouds of dust. These clouds then are pushed westward by the same easterly "trade winds" that drive hurricanes toward U.S. and Caribbean shorelines every year. Typically, it takes five to seven days for the dust clouds to cross the Atlantic. So much dirt makes the journey that air plants in the Amazon depend on nutrients derived from the airborne soil. Florida receives more than 50 percent of all microbe-laden African dust that reaches the United States, according to a statement released jointly by the USGS and NASA........... ----------------------------------------- rest of the article can be found here - http://www.sptimes.com/News/061401/S...__bacter.shtml k30a -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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11-07-2003, 02:20 PM
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killer dirt?
It appears that if it's weird, it wants to live in Florida (present company
excluded, of course!). That goes for everything from serial killers to fungi. If it's an off-the-wall story, check the dateline and it will probably be in FL. That's what we get for all the nice weather we have! Lee "John Rutz" wrote in message ... seems Florida gets all the exotic stuff turned loose on it K30a wrote: Along the lines of bacteria entering the pond through blown in dust and dirt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Out of Africa: bacteria, fungi, viruses A study confirms that dust crossing the Atlantic carries particles that pose a health risk. By DAVID BALLINGRUD St. Petersburg Times, published June 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bacteria, fungi and probably viruses are crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Florida in clouds of dust from drought-stricken areas of Africa. Photos taken by NASA satellites and on-the-ground air samples confirm the trans-Atlantic movement of tiny, potentially hazardous particles, according to an article published today in the scientific journal Aerobiologia. The danger posed by the global movement of dust clouds to the United States is uncertain. Further study is needed, said Eugene Shinn of the U.S. Geological Survey office in St. Petersburg, one of the article's authors. "The identification of microbes in transported dust is important. . . . They may be a source of disease above and beyond that caused by exposure (to dust)," Shinn said. Ongoing tests have not identified a particle -- bacteria, fungi or virus -- that by itself is a human disease threat, said Dale Griffin, a USGS microbiologist and another author of the Aerobiologia article......... ...............Garrison, who has gathered dust samples in the Virgin Islands National Park, said the dust is sometimes visible as a reddish haze as it approaches from the east. After a sample of air is collected, it is drawn through a filter and the filter is examined............ .............The dust comes every year during northern Africa's dry season, when storms in the Sahara Desert and Sahel grassland region generate vast clouds of dust. These clouds then are pushed westward by the same easterly "trade winds" that drive hurricanes toward U.S. and Caribbean shorelines every year. Typically, it takes five to seven days for the dust clouds to cross the Atlantic. So much dirt makes the journey that air plants in the Amazon depend on nutrients derived from the airborne soil. Florida receives more than 50 percent of all microbe-laden African dust that reaches the United States, according to a statement released jointly by the USGS and NASA........... ----------------------------------------- rest of the article can be found here - http://www.sptimes.com/News/061401/S...__bacter.shtml k30a -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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