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PRO/EDR> Tinea pedis, public health concern - USA
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:36:55 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Bob Weber <Weber () PescaderoGroup com> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:38:44 -0500 To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Fwd: PRO/EDR> Tinea pedis, public health concern - USA Possibly for the IP list Cheers
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:55:26 -0500 (EST) To: promed-edr () promedmail org From: ProMED-mail <promed () promed isid harvard edu> Subject: PRO/EDR> Tinea pedis, public health concern - USA X-ProMED-Id: 20050320.0811 Sender: owner-promed-edr () promed isid harvard edu Reply-To: promedNOREPLY () promed isid harvard edu TINEA PEDIS, PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN - USA *************************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: Sun 20 Mar 2005 From: Cecil Fox <deltag () arkansas net> Transmission of dermatophytes and tinea pedis in US airports ----------------------------------------------- Having spent some time with mycotic infections, I am startled to see that the Transportation Security Administration, who supposedly monitors airports, "strongly" suggests that passengers remove their shoes while passing through the lines in American airports. The penalty for not doing so is an intimidating delay in which a total body scan for such contraband as glasses frames and wrist watches is conducted, whereupon you still are required to remove your shoes and to stand around on unkempt airport carpets while your shoes are X-rayed! If you do as "suggested," you must march 10 to 15 feet either barefoot or in stocking feet to a point where one's shoes may be reclaimed. This is evidently because a demented passenger attempted to ignite his shoes with either matches or a cigarette lighter, already prohibited. Unless I am terribly mistaken, one's flora are being mixed with that of several hundreds of thousand of passengers who have passed through the same lines. The floors are rarely cleaned (evidently) and never disinfected. Has simple hygiene been forfeited in the US in the name of "security?" When the TSA finally answered a query, they told me that OSHA had approved the cross contamination of hundreds of thousands of feet. The CDC, NIH, WHO, or state or local health departments were not consulted. National Security indeed. -- ProMED-mail <promed () promedmail org> [ProMED thanks Dr. Fox for alerting us to this previously unrecognized danger stemming from the common security practice in US airports. Though a disgusting and unaesthetic procedure, the people at highest risk must obviously be airport security staff. Studies documenting increased risk of dermatophytes and/or tinea pedis, and increased risk of respiratory tract symptoms like asthma or allergic alveolitis, is clearly highly needed. - Mod.EP] ................ep/msp/mpp *##########################################################* ************************************************************ ProMED-mail makes every effort to verify the reports that are posted, but the accuracy and completeness of the information, and of any statements or opinions based thereon, are not guaranteed. The reader assumes all risks in using information posted or archived by ProMED-mail. ISID and its associated service providers shall not be held responsible for errors or omissions or held liable for any damages incurred as a result of use or reliance upon posted or archived material. ************************************************************ Visit ProMED-mail's web site at <http://www.promedmail.org>. Send all items for posting to: promed () promedmail org (NOT to an individual moderator). If you do not give your full name and affiliation, it may not be posted. Send commands to subscribe/unsubscribe, get archives, help, etc. to: majordomo () promedmail org. For assistance from a human being send mail to: owner-promed () promedmail org. ############################################################ ############################################################
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