Posted on 01/29/2008 2:51:17 PM PST by Ancient Drive
Working with manure can drastically reduce chances of developing lung cancer, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. Dairy farmers are five times less likely than the general populace to develop the disease, New Scientist magazine reports. The study found farmers typically breathed in dust that consisted largely of dried manure and all the bacteria that grew in it. New Scientist said adults who had a greater exposure to germs than usual might build up a better resistance to bugs, including cancer. "Some researchers are starting to wonder whether the higher incidence of certain cancers in affluent populations including breast cancer, lymphoma and melanoma might also have something to do with sanitized, infection-free living," the researchers said, noting the unexpected links between exposure to dirt and germs and cancer risk. "If they're right, the implications are huge. If we can understand exactly what it is about some germs that has a protective effect, we should be able to reduce people's risk of developing certain tumors later in life by exposing them to harmless microbes."
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BS
you beat me to it........LOL
*flings manure at clamper*
‘cause you die from the smell long before the cancer can develop!
The upside of working with manure is you don’t die of cancer ;)
Ma...Newer
I used to run thru the pasture barefoot as a kid, and hit more than a few and some mighty fresh pies, I should have pretty good immunity based on that alone.
manure is such an elegant word for describing shit. lmao
What’s brown and sounds like a bell?
Must be true because neither Klintoon has it and they’re up to their eyeballs in BS.
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You poor thing. It’s too bad someone didn’t report this activity to the child welfare authorities so that you could have been removed from such an unwholsome environtment. Certainly your parents didn’t let you gig frogs or go swimming naked in the creek.
Maybe so, but who wants to smoke cow poo?
how ironic for the anal retentive neatfreaks.
I hope walking through the cow pies barefoot when I was a kid will do it for me..............
Oh no, we didn’t have a creek, lots of sloughs tho, and lakes nearby, full of leeches .. and frogs ,,
'Cause if so, I've probably inhaled a metric ton or so over the years while shoveling it out of the barn . . . .
Hey, Hair, good news over here for all us $#!+ shovelers!
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