Gardener killed by fungus
June 13th, 2008
A man has died after inhaling spores of Aspergillus fungus whilst spreading compost in his garden. Everybody panic!
A potentially lethal biohazard could be breeding in gardens across Britain, according to a report in the medical journal The Lancet.
Doctors issued the warning after it emerged that a healthy middle-aged man died after inhaling fungal spores from rotting plant material.
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1. Gram in Somerset | June 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Not panicking about the garden yet, nor walking in the woods, but ever so slightly worried about the recycling that sits for a few days in the corner of my kitchen.
2. Albert C. | June 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Read something similar to this in a science magazine (forgot which one), apparently this fungus affects only asthmatics
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