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The hippies are right...
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Showering is bad for your health.

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Tests revealed nearly a third of devices harbour significant levels of a bug that causes lung disease.

Levels of Mycobacterium avium were 100 times higher than those found in typical household water supplies.

M. avium forms a biofilm that clings to the inside of the shower head, reports the National Academy of Science.

In the Proceedings journal, the study authors say their findings might explain why there have been more cases of these lung infections in recent years, linked with people tending to take more showers and fewer baths.

Water spurting from shower heads can distribute bacteria-filled droplets that suspend themselves in the air and can easily be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lungs, say the scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Potential threat

Lead researcher Professor Norman Pace, said: "If you are getting a face full of water when you first turn your shower on, that means you are probably getting a particularly high load of Mycobacterium avium, which may not be too healthy."

While it is rarely a problem for most healthy people, those with weakened immune systems, like the elderly, pregnant women or those who are fighting off other diseases, can be susceptible to infection.

They may develop lung infection with M. avium and experience symptoms including tiredness, a persistent, dry cough, shortness of breath and weakness, and generally feel unwell.

When the researchers swabbed and tested 50 shower heads from nine cities in seven different states in the US, including New York City and Denver, they found 30% of the devices posed a potential risk.

Since plastic shower heads appear to "load up" with more bacteria-rich biofilms, metal shower heads may be a good alternative, said Professor Pace.

Showers have also been identified as a route for spreading other infectious diseases, including a type of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease and chest infections with a bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Hot tubs and spa pools carry a similar infection risk, according to the Health Protection Agency.

A HPA spokesperson said: "This is an interesting paper which provides further information about the occurrence of opportunist organisms - germs which do not usually cause infections in humans - in the environment.

"These bacteria, which belong to the same family as TB, can be found in the environment and occasionally in water supplies but rarely cause disease in healthy people.

"Further work will need to look at whether finding these organisms is associated with any increased risk of infection."


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: stedenko]
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wow. why did god put us here to suffer so bad..

it seems everything we eat, drink, touch or even look at has some kind of disease causing property. hotdogs, soda, oreo cookie filled centers, cell phones n a bunch of other shit causes cancer.. how the hell are we even surviving..


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: tripp23]
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I dont know about all sbhowers but back in uni one dude put a wifi video camera in a shampoo bottle and video taped all hot chicks bathing :P


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: tripp23]
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tripp23 said:
wow. why did god put us here to suffer so bad..

it seems everything we eat, drink, touch or even look at has some kind of disease causing property. hotdogs, soda, oreo cookie filled centers, cell phones n a bunch of other shit causes cancer.. how the hell are we even surviving..


I just read second post and :ilold:


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: desant]
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i bathe in the ocean


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: tripp23]
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tripp23 said:
wow. why did god put us here to suffer so bad..

it seems everything we eat, drink, touch or even look at has some kind of disease causing property. hotdogs, soda, oreo cookie filled centers, cell phones n a bunch of other shit causes cancer.. how the hell are we even surviving..



Cause we are motherfucking miracles of nature... have you even LOOKED at how amazingly complex and intricate and PERFECT the human body is?
Disease is part of life, it keeps things fresh, the people with super weakened immune systems from years of antibiotics and high fructose corn syrizzup - :haha:

I ain't scared of no goddamn Mycobacterium avium.. I smoke cigarettes.


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: stedenko]
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Leggionaires from a showerhead? I mean, it makes complete sense, but... really?

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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: Adden]
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I'm pretty sure the city water here is way too fucked up for anything to be growing in my shower head.:lol:


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: blewmeanie]
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no way bro that just means you get the crazy fucked up mutant toxic bacteria/amoebas

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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: thatiAM]
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It's cool, I'll befriend them and teach them how to live in this world and care about themselves with my unique brand of comedic tough love.


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Re: The hippies are right... [Re: blewmeanie]
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blewmeanie said:
It's cool, I'll befriend them and teach them how to live in this world and care about themselves with my unique brand of comedic tough love.



this :vaped:


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