Calm down and breathe deeply into the manure bag.
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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...yea...I stepped in a few myself...growing up on a farm we milked by hand....guess that is why I've never been much of a "titty" man....had more in my hand by the time I was 10 yrs old than most men dream of in 10 lifetimes.....and now I find out that cow shiite prevents cancer..... That it truly frosting on a titty cake...
Speaking as one who has breathed in all his share of cow-pie dust and part of somebody else’s, I am only thankful that the presence of cowpox has also protected me from the ravages of smallpox as well.
I suppose we should be grateful for small favors from fortune.
The humanity!
Said Bess, "Honey, you don't know how many years it took me to teach him to say manure!"
Not quite the “gross” factor of cow manure but seems to me I saw an article a few months back that linked clean and spotless households to a higher rate of asthma in children.
Oh yeah, the cows frequented the same all the time.. not sure if chicken or goose manure has been researched ,, I might have hit the bionanza in that case. :-)
I wonder if this will be an offering at spas or is it already? hmmmm.
Dung-g-g!
Can we assume that with the 24/7 cable news channels that the rate of lung cancer has declined in the U.S.?
Well, well, well, where can I get me some cow pies?
Don't tell anybody, just in case your real name is Dick Morris!
This could explain why you so rarely see dogs with lung cancer.
I hope cat crap is just as effective! Today is “Change The Litter Box Day!”
A healthy immune system when exposed to bacterial threat tends to become stronger.
Does this explain the “French Paradox”?
It’s not at all because farms are rarely in the middle of cities, which are full of smog and pollution, is it?
“The study found farmers typically breathed in dust that consisted largely of dried manure, and all the bacteria that grew in it.”
I grew up on the South Side of Chicago. The air was thick as butter until they closed the stockyards down. I always wondered why I never got sick!
Calm down and breathe deeply into the manure bag.
Of course farmers die from farmer’s lung, which is not cancer. All the grain dust and foreage dust destroys the lungs. Just not in a cancerous way.
B S
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