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Old 10-18-2013, 15:55   #7
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Originally Posted by Guymullins View Post
African soil has all sorts of spores and viruses living in it, some of which "wake up" during droughts or on the other hand lots of rain. Keep the tin sealed.
The foot and mouth epidemic in the UK some years ago was attributed to dust storms from Africa bringing the disease by wind to the UK.
Yikes! So I poured bleach in the tin...let it dwell...dumped it....scoured the tin with bleach...whew! Now I have a memento...Thanks!
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