To: Threepwood
>>>areosolized chicken
Hmmm, now you had to go and put logic in this thread! I was being a wiza gal playing on the PETA spin.
darn you...Ok. So is this a factor?
10 posted on
07/06/2003 10:21:24 PM PDT by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
To: Calpernia
Well, I'm not an engineer, but even stabbing another person with a knife areosolizes enough blood to make disease transmission possible. Throwing hundreds or thousands of whole, live chickens into motorized blades would have to have a similar effect on a much larger scale.
If there isn't something to filter the "output", I'm not sure how this couldn't be a hazard. My leaf shredder will just about make leaves into an inhalable powder, which is why I wear a mask. If you had a zoomorphic (I think that's the word) disease on hand, this could be a very effective vector into people.
At this point, I would like to thank Freerepublic.com for offering me a forum on which I could seriously consider the effects and risks of putting a diseased chicken into a leaf shredder. This line of thought is unique in my experience, and wouldn't have come about without your help.:)
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