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Pillows Dangerous for Your Health

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-my-cement-pillow dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "I guess we shouldn't be surprised by the fact that our pillows are miniature zoos containing millions of fungal spores, with some species able to cause diseases and even death. Researchers at the University of Manchester have studied the fungal contamination of our pillows for the first time in seventy years and discovered that these pillows were hot beds of fungal spores. After dissecting both feather and synthetic pillows in regular use between several months and 20 years, they've "identified several thousand spores of fungus per gram of used pillow -- more than a million spores per pillow."

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  1. And the point is? by b100dian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Am I already dead?
    ..nope

    Then why the heck are they researching this kind of things?

    I am sure those scientists aren't using a pillow and all their informal discussions are "did you know that your pillow... (yadda yadda)...?".
    Oh, please...

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  2. Re:Just like the news by blueadept1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Fungal spores are very, very small things."

    That's what they said about the plague.

    (don't go and correct me saying the plague was before there was knowledge of bacteria and viruses that spread disease, asshole.)

  3. Re:Although I'm no allergologist... by Jack+Taylor · · Score: 0, Troll

    What on earth is an allergologist? Someone who studies allegory?

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