Using Bat Guano's/Bird Guanos hazardous?

[Icemud]

I was just doing a little browsing around about the use of Rabbit poop for fertalizer which seems to be pretty good for immediate use (2-1-1) but it also lead me to some information which I wasn't to sure about and wanted some input...

It seems that when using bat and bird poops, there is a fungus that may be present which can be hazerdous to our health...

Histoplasm capsulatum

Check it out....this fungal disease of the lungs is passed on by a fungi that attaches to the mycillium cells and may be responsible for things such as respiratory illness and more....

Anyone ever thought of this before? Had experience with it ??

 

[Icemud]

Here is a link to the MSDS for sunleaves bat guano..take a look at the issues with inhaling the dust of it...not too good for our health..

https://www.sunlightsupply.com/docs/Sunleaves/IBG MSDS.pdf

 

[Icemud]

Anyone read this? or familiar with this?

 

[Be Irie]

I have always used a dust mask or a respirator depending on what I was mixing.... and yes, if it is a quick mix then I just hold my breath or use my shirt as a quick mask. I don't like to breath the dust of anything though. and it is poop, which I wouldn't want to inhale or eat poop.......

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

If it was dangerous it would not be sold... end of story.

But a larger majority of case's are very minor with some 5% develop a chronic progressive lung disease and it is actually a very common disease in the Ohio and lower Mississippi River Valleys.

Here's a link for the extreme paranoid to scare them selves with
Histoplasma capsulatum, cause of histoplasmosis in humans and other animals, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for January 2000

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

For the hypercondriac's


Histoplasmosis Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention and Prognosis by MedicineNet.com