This Is Gross- Or Is This An Urban Legend?

My germophobic and neurotic self just got this email
Now I am freaking out-

I just sent someone a check in the mail...
I am thoroughly disgusted.







Envelopes

>
>I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to
>work in
>the Chicago plant and told us not to lick the envelopes because they
>would
>often find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after thousands
>of
>envelopes had been glued and shipped). EEWW!
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>I work in a factory and we have 2 employees who used to work in an
>envelope
>factory. They told me that when the machine jams up, they use whatever
>water
>is handy to thin out the glue. This includes water that they just mopped
>the
>floor with. Since then, I've avoided licking envelopes...
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>If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A woman was working
>in a
>post office in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage
>stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue
>on
>the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her
>tongue.
>She went to the doctor, but they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not
>
>sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell
>more,
>and it began to get so sore, that she could not eat.
>
>She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be done. The
>doctor
>took an ax-ray of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for
>minor
>surgery. When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled
>out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was
>able
>to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and
>moist... This is a true story reported on CNN.
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>Andy Hume wrote: "Hey, I used to work in an envelope factory. You
>wouldn't
>believe the things that float around in those gum applicator trays. I
>haven't licked an envelope for years!"
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>To All: I used to work for a print shop (32 years ago) and we were told
>NEVER to lick the envelopes. I never understood why until I had to go
>into
>storage and pull out 2500 envelops that were already printed for a
>customer
>who was doing a mailing and saw several squads of roaches roaming around
>
>inside a couple of boxes with eggs everywhere. They eat the glue on the
>envelopes. I think print shops have a harder time controlling roaches
>than a
>restaurant. I always buy the self-sealing type. Or if need be, I use a
>glue
>stick to seal one that has the type of glue that needs to be wet to
>stick.
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>
>PLEASE PASS THIS ON, if you like TO YOUR FRIENDS. After reading this you
>
>will never lick another envelope or stamp ever again.
>
>Have a nice day, & keep your tongues where they belong!