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Who Knew: Cow Poo Helps Reduce Chances of Developing Lung Cancer
Fox News ^ | Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | Daily Telegraph

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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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cow; farmer; freepun
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whoa whoa! I thought all this antibacterial stuff was supposed to lead to healthier environments...
1 posted on 01/29/2008 2:51:21 PM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: Ancient Drive

BS


2 posted on 01/29/2008 2:51:56 PM PST by clamper1797 (I fear for our republic)
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To: clamper1797

you beat me to it........LOL


3 posted on 01/29/2008 2:52:59 PM PST by tioga (Beware: conservative with back to the wall. Proceed with extreme caution.)
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To: tioga

*flings manure at clamper*


4 posted on 01/29/2008 2:54:22 PM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: Ancient Drive
The upside of dieing from lung cancer is you don’t have to work with manure.
5 posted on 01/29/2008 2:55:03 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Hunter's endorsement makes Huckabee the last credible candidate on FR)
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To: Ancient Drive

‘cause you die from the smell long before the cancer can develop!


6 posted on 01/29/2008 2:57:01 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Geek Squad -- if you're desperate and don't need a PC for over a month, we'll get around to it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The upside of working with manure is you don’t die of cancer ;)


7 posted on 01/29/2008 2:57:06 PM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: Ancient Drive
It's not such a bad word, you know.

Ma...Newer

8 posted on 01/29/2008 2:58:31 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: clamper1797

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.


9 posted on 01/29/2008 2:58:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: GSWarrior

manure is such an elegant word for describing shit. lmao


10 posted on 01/29/2008 3:00:01 PM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: Ancient Drive

This one is deadly;

http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=350


11 posted on 01/29/2008 3:00:55 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: GSWarrior

What’s brown and sounds like a bell?


12 posted on 01/29/2008 3:01:51 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Ancient Drive

Must be true because neither Klintoon has it and they’re up to their eyeballs in BS.


13 posted on 01/29/2008 3:02:52 PM PST by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: billorites

?


14 posted on 01/29/2008 3:02:59 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: NormsRevenge

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.


15 posted on 01/29/2008 3:03:00 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Ancient Drive
Cow Poo Helps Reduce Chances of Developing Lung Cancer

Maybe so, but who wants to smoke cow poo?

16 posted on 01/29/2008 3:03:19 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Ancient Drive

how ironic for the anal retentive neatfreaks.


17 posted on 01/29/2008 3:03:33 PM PST by spanalot (*)
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To: Ancient Drive

I hope walking through the cow pies barefoot when I was a kid will do it for me..............


18 posted on 01/29/2008 3:04:38 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Oh no, we didn’t have a creek, lots of sloughs tho, and lakes nearby, full of leeches .. and frogs ,,


19 posted on 01/29/2008 3:05:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Ancient Drive; HairOfTheDog
Hey, is the same true for horse manure?

'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!

20 posted on 01/29/2008 3:06:23 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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