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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (53914)	7/26/2000 11:11:17 PM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

I'm starting to wonder about several things having to do with the West Nile Fever. First, I'm wondering if the virus can live in sewage sludge. Many viruses can survive the whole sewage sludge "treatment process"...even 20 - 28 days in a digester... in fact, some of them actually "thrive" in the 37 C. anaerobic environment and can go on to live for several weeks in sewage after it is spread out on farmland around the countryside. And I wonder if the mosquitoes (the vectors for West Nile) could pick up the virus off of farmland which have been sludged... maybe out of puddles that would form in fields after a rainstorm... and then they would spread it by biting. BTW, New York City's sludge is being spread in... I think it's around 14 other states now... .... some interesting possibilities I think....