You have had reservations to the hottest restaurant in the area for weeks. As you walk in you can see why its ambience is perfect and the aromas are mind blowing. As the maitre d’ escorts you to your table your mouth starts to water. Just then you notice a fly buzzing around the table not to alarm your dinner guest you say it’s only a fly.

Do you have any idea where it’s been? They are general feeders, being attracted to a variety of substances from excrement to human foods. Flies have been shown to carry over 100 different kinds of disease causing pathogens, many of which are associated with filth. The pathogens include typhoid fever, cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis, and salmonella as well as parasitic worms. Read more…