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Letter: Airborne bugs

Published 14 July 2001

From Alwyne Kennedy

Further to your report on the bacterial content of farts
(Feedback, 30 June),
has anyone ever turned any scientific attention to the plumes of dust that rise
up when changing cat litter trays?

I ask this because I have often suspected a correlation between my cats being
a bit runny and me being a bit runny. Or maybe it’s my farts that are affecting
the cats.

London

Issue no. 2299 published 14 July 2001

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