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| 642.1 | Information from a friend... | MR4DEC::CWHITE | | Thu Jan 02 1992 12:16 | 15 |
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I heard from a friend that watched the TV special that the doctor
who performs the autopsies on lung cancer patients proclaimed that
keeping birds increases the risk by six times.......(I have over
fifty!!) that of smoking cigarettes......pretty heavy duty statement.
I did not actually watch the show and am only conveying the message.
The doctor states that the dust/dander created by parrots is actually
smaller than smoke particles and can get deeper into the lungs. It's
pretty hard to believe, but I do have dust problems with the Cockatoo
being the largest producer of this in my home.....Might not be a bad
idea to write into Birdtalk and maybe ask the question or see if a
study has been done, and if so to publish the results.
chet
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| 642.2 | please let us know | GIAMEM::TOLLES | | Wed Jan 08 1992 14:12 | 7 |
| I would be *extremely* happy to learn more on this as I seem to have an
allergy that is acting up terribly, but I can't figure out what it is.
I have been taking my allergy medication very faithfully, but it is
still bad. I wonder if it is the Zebra Finches that I recently were
given. hmmmmmmm
deb
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| 642.3 | News flash! | ASDS::WHITE | Parrot_Trooper | Mon Mar 08 1993 15:43 | 24 |
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Could not find the note relating to the lung cancer risk, so I thought
I'd out it here and let the moderator moderate!
Read the article in Bird Talk this month recinding the article on
keeping parrots and the increased risk of LUNG CANCER.
It's great that doctors paid for by tobacco institutes to
proliferate the garbage of unfounded reports that were also
refuted in the same magazine (but not told of) to deviate from
having to answer to cancer in cigarette smoking victims.
Only in America! Glad to hear that we should not worry as much
as we did about this lie. Seems that pigeons raised the potential
a little, but there was no evidence to even remotely suggest that
you would increase your risk of lung cancer by keeping parrots.
Have you heard about the new ROSS Parrot???? never mind...........
keep aviating!
chet
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| 642.4 | | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | depraved soul | Thu Mar 11 1993 10:14 | 6 |
| I had a little trouble understanding your 3rd paragraph, but I take it
that 1. doctors paid for by Tobacco companies were making the claim,
and 2. this article refutes the claim.
Thanks!
Mary
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| 642.5 | sorry for the confusion, heres some diversion! | ASDS::WHITE | Parrot_Trooper | Thu Mar 11 1993 12:30 | 20 |
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Righto! A doctor seen on a Tobacco vs lung cancer documentary on TV
indicated that Keeping birds increased the risk of Lung disease at
least six or seven times that of smoking!!! I thoughit was a lot of
bull, and the old 'diversionary' tactic that seems to be going on
everywhere right now......(example: What ever happened to G Bush/all
the crooks that were pardoned, now that sll the hoopla about the
defecit is going on.....they will just 'fade away' into oblivion!, but
thats a rathole!)
Anyhow, the article in Bird talk indicates that in the same magazine
that the doctor in Europe who did the study confirming this, (coulda
been in cahoots with the Tobacco co....I'm a cynic) the same article
had TWO other doctors refute the original articles work for many
reasons. Good news is that there seems to be no 'direct' coorelation
between keeping birds and lunc cancer with any viable proof.
long winded, you bet! got GREAT lungs!
chet
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